Artemis: Requiem #5

The cover of Artemis: Requiem #5 sets an unsettling tone right away — penciled by Ed Benes and inked by Joe Pimentel, it depicts Artemis cradling a small child whose glowing red eyes and open, fanged mouth make it clear this is no ordinary infant. The tagline split across the cover — "Hush Little Baby, Don't You… …Kill!" — captures that darkly playful tension perfectly, with the monstrous little figure clutching at Artemis even as she holds her ground with cool composure. William Messner-Loebs and Ed Benes deliver what looks to be a genuinely strange and gripping chapter in this 1996 miniseries.