Baltimore #4

Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Ben Stenbeck, and Dave Stewart bring their darkly atmospheric world to vivid life in Baltimore: Chapel of Bones. The cover — signed by Mignola and dated 2013 — presents a striking tableau: a crowned, skeletal winged creature looms over a grim, armed figure standing atop a mound of skulls and corpses, while a red bat cuts through the pale shaft of light above. It's a haunting, elegantly composed image that captures the gothic horror sensibility this series does so well, with an introduction by Stephen R. Bissette adding even more reason to dive in.