Criminal Macabre: The Eyes of Frankenstein #[nn]

Steve Niles and Christopher Mitten bring their darkly compelling occult-noir world to this 2014 Dark Horse collection, with a cover by Justin Erickson that sets an immediately unsettling tone. Cal McDonald is surrounded — practically engulfed — by a sea of enormous, bloodshot eyeballs, while two monstrous figures lurk among them below: a gaunt, red-eyed vampire and a grotesque, stitched-together creature whose presence makes the title The Eyes of Frankenstein feel viscerally literal. It's a striking, skin-crawling image that promises the kind of monster-soaked noir atmosphere that makes this series such a distinctive corner of the horror comics world.