Congo Bill #1

Vertigo's 1999 reimagining of the classic jungle adventurer kicks off with this striking opener — Richard Corben's cover art dominates with a massive, roaring gorilla looming over a dense tangle of jungle foliage, while three armed figures crouch warily in the undergrowth below. The tension between that primal, snarling beast and the weapons-ready humans sets an immediately grounded, dangerous tone for Scott Cunningham and Danijel Žeželj's mature-readers series. "Book 1: The Message" promises the kind of wild, unpredictable storytelling that made Vertigo the go-to imprint for adventurous comics in the late '90s.