Constantine #17

Part of DC's New 52 line, Constantine #17 arrives in October 2014 with a cover by Juan Ferreyra that commands attention: John Constantine stands as a lone silhouette in a blood-soaked trench, a rifle in hand, flanked by barbed wire and helmets mounted on posts — a haunting World War I-era tableau. The eerie, skull-like negative space looming in the smoke above him adds a layer of dread that feels entirely at home for DC's most cunning occult anti-hero. Writer Ray Fawkes and artist Edgar Salazar bring "Bits and Pieces" to life, promising the kind of morally murky, supernatural trouble that Constantine always seems to find — or invite.