Vampirella / Dracula: Rage #3

Lucio Parrillo's painterly cover for this third chapter of Vampirella/Dracula: Rage is genuinely arresting — Vampirella gazes out with cold, luminous eyes, candlelight flickering across her face as she rests her hand atop a human skull, playing cards fanned beneath her fingers and more skulls lurking in the shadowy background. The atmosphere Parrillo conjures is equal parts gothic ritual and quiet menace, every detail — the ornate candelabras, the crimson halter, the silver hoop earrings — rendered with the lush, oil-painting warmth that has made his work on this character so distinctive. If this series has been on your radar, issue three's cover alone makes a compelling case to pull it from the shelf.