Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes #2

Steve Niles's Cal McDonald mystery series delivers some of its most unsettling atmosphere in this 2007 Dark Horse installment, with Tim Bradstreet's cover art making an immediate, skin-crawling impression. Dominating the image is a grotesque, mummified face — hollow cheeks, bared teeth, and those two burning red eyes glowing with menace against a murky, textured background. Kyle Hotz and Michelle Madsen handle the interior art and colors, promising the same grim, pulpy horror that defines this world of monsters and detective noir.