Clive Barker's Hellraiser #3

Pinhead dominates this Cover A for issue #3 of BOOM! Studios' 2011 series, his scarred, pin-studded visage looming large as he holds the infamous puzzle box with an almost ceremonial deliberateness. Behind him, a young woman's face peers out from the shadowy background, her expression quietly haunted amid swirling ornamental designs. Clive Barker's world of dark desire and infernal consequence feels richly alive in this atmospheric painted image — a worthy chapter in one of horror comics' most compelling ongoing series.