American Vampire 1976 #8

The penultimate chapter of American Vampire 1976 arrives with one of the series' most quietly unsettling covers: a lone figure, gaunt and sharp-featured, sits in a single spotlight playing an acoustic guitar, surrounded by swirling dark ornamentation that feels both elegiac and ominous. Rafael Albuquerque's stark yellow-green palette gives the scene an eerie, smoky atmosphere perfectly suited to Scott Snyder's blend of horror and Americana. With "Death Mask" as the chapter title, Book Eight promises the kind of brooding tension this DC Black Label series does so well.