Break Out #4

Issue four of Dark Horse's Break Out arrives with a cover that pulls you right into its tense, maze-like world — two determined figures stand at the center of a dizzying corridor of receding geometric panels, their fists clenched and expressions steeled, while several other characters flank them in the surrounding compartments and a looming, shadowed face watches from above. The warm neon palette of deep reds and golds gives the whole image a pressurized, inescapable energy that perfectly suits the series' title. With Zack Kaplan writing and Wilton Santos on art, this 2022 Dark Horse series continues to deliver sharp visuals and a sense that the walls — quite literally — are closing in.