Blood of the Demon #6

A titanic, tree-like creature dominates the cover of this 2005 Day of Vengeance tie-in, its enormous hollow eyes and grasping claws looming over a lone, shirtless man drenched in noxious green ooze — a viscerally unsettling image rendered with real skill by John Byrne, who both penciled and inked it. The banner promises "The Strangest Jason Blood Tale Ever," and it's hard to argue when the sheer scale and grotesque detail of that lurching beast makes the human figure below look genuinely outmatched. "The Gathering Storm" has the feel of a series firing on all cylinders, with Byrne joined by co-writer Will Pfeifer to deliver something that stands out even within DC's broader 2005 event landscape.