The October Faction #8

Steve Niles and Damien Worm's monster-hunting series delivers another dose of dark, atmospheric horror with issue #8 from IDW. The cover presents three determined figures — a suited man clutching a hammer and two women armed with similar blunt weapons — standing their ground against a massive, shadowy creature with burning yellow eyes that looms over them in a wash of deep violet. It's a striking image of ordinary-looking people facing something decidedly extraordinary, and Worm's moody artwork makes every purple shadow feel genuinely unsettling.