Andrew Vachss' Underground #1

Dark Horse's 1993 mature-readers series Underground — based on Andrew Vachss' gritty crime world — opens with a cover by Harry O. Morris that sets a deliberately unsettling tone: two faces emerge from near-total darkness in stark monochromatic tones, one scarred and weathered in the foreground, a second more shadowed figure hovering just behind. The downward-pointing arrow in the bold red logo feels entirely intentional, signaling a descent into something raw and uncompromising. Writer and artist John Bergin handles the interior, promising a story titled "There Is No Dog" that looks as bleak and atmospheric as this haunting cover suggests.