Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse #3

Based on New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton's source material, this 2010 Marvel hardcover collects the "Executioner" arc of *The Laughing Corpse* storyline, brought to life by the art team of Ron Lim and Jess Ruffner. Harvey Tolibao's cover art puts Anita Blake front and center — dark curls flowing, red jacket open, and both pistols raised with cool, unflinching purpose — capturing everything that makes her one of comics' most compelling monster-hunters. It's a confident, polished package that does full justice to Hamilton's supernatural world.