B.P.R.D.: 1947 #4

Mike Mignola's cover for this 2009 Dark Horse series sends a chill with its stark, shadowy image: a gaunt, hollow-eyed figure clutches two red-skulled, bat-winged demons against a near-pitch-black background, the whole composition slashed through with a bold crimson stroke. It's a masterclass in atmospheric dread — minimal palette, maximum menace. Writers Mignola and Joshua Dysart, alongside artists Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, bring their collective talents to this penultimate chapter of the postwar B.P.R.D. saga spun from the pages of Hellboy.