Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #3

Frank Quitely's cover for this November 2004 Vertigo title is immediately arresting: a dark-haired young man lies sprawled and seemingly unconscious amid a surreal swarm of golden fish drifting around and across his body like a fever dream made visible. The disorienting imagery sets a wonderfully unsettled tone for Si Spencer's "War Babies" chapter, with Dean Ormston's interior art promising the same off-kilter energy throughout. If you're drawn to Vertigo's tradition of strange, psychologically charged fantasy, Books of Magick: Life During Wartime delivers that atmosphere in spades.