Cerebus #158

Part of the ambitious "Mothers & Daughters" storyline, this eighth installment finds Cerebus — rendered tiny and aardvark-unmistakable — sprawled amid an enormous chess set under a vast, star-filled cosmos, with a dark ethereal presence sweeping through the sky above. The cover by Dave Sim and Gerhard is a striking study in scale and atmosphere, the black-and-white chessboard stretching into infinity while towering pieces dwarf the series' protagonist. It's a visually arresting image that captures the grand, philosophical stakes Cerebus had come to embody by 1992.