Cerebus #160

This haunting cover for issue #160 of the long-running Cerebus series depicts the aardvark himself looming as an ethereal, ghostly presence above a darkened stone corridor, while two torch-bearing robed figures stand below amid curling smoke and firelight. The contrast between Cerebus's pale, luminous form and the deep shadows of the passageway gives the image a genuinely unsettling atmosphere, a testament to the detailed collaborative cover work of Dave Sim and Gerhard. Part of the "Mothers & Daughters" arc and titled "Flight 10," this 1992 installment from Aardvark-Vanaheim promises the kind of brooding, ambitious storytelling that has made this series a standout in independent comics.