Aliens: Xenogenesis #3

The penultimate chapter of this four-part Dark Horse series puts a young boy front and center — helmeted, submerged, air bubbles rising around him — with the looming mechanical shapes of the Alien universe visible in the shadowy background. It's a striking, quietly tense cover that trades the franchise's usual visceral dread for something more unsettling: a child caught in the middle of it all. Bierbaum, Ross, and Pepoy deliver an image that makes you genuinely want to know how this kid got here — and whether he's getting out.