The Wild Storm #19

With only five issues left in Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt's meticulously crafted 24-issue series, issue #19 arrives with a cover that's quietly arresting. Jon Davis-Hunt renders a dark-haired woman, cigarette at her lips and arms crossed in a storm of scattered debris, while a retro-futuristic weapon and a lighter engraved "Mars Expedition 1955" float in the chaos around her — cool, composed, and clearly at the center of something much larger than she's letting on. Steve Buccellato's warm amber tones against the cool industrial backdrop make this one of the series' most visually striking covers yet.