Curse of the Spawn #18

From the dark corners of Image's Curse of the Spawn comes issue #18, "Gutshot" — and the cover by Dwayne Turner and Chance Wolf sets an immediately unsettling tone. A massive, shadowed fist dangles a golden crucifix and rosary directly into the face of a snarling, sunglasses-wearing figure whose bared teeth suggest barely contained menace, all set against a blood-red splattered background. It's a striking composition that plays faith and violence against each other with real dramatic weight, making this 1998 entry in the series hard to put back on the shelf.