Stillwater #12

Ramón K. Pérez's cover for Stillwater #12 is a visceral, unsettling image: a bare-chested figure screams upward with glowing red eyes, his blue-toned skin surrounded by an eruption of ragged, blood-red shapes that engulf his lower body. The strikethrough slashing the title logo feels pointed given the chapter's name — "Freeing" — suggesting that whatever is happening to this tormented figure carries real weight in Chip Zdarsky's ongoing saga. With colors by Mike Spicer lending the scene an eerie, almost woodblock-print intensity, this 2022 Image Comics entry looks like a genuine turning point in the series.