Daredevil #16

David Mack's cover for Daredevil #16 is a striking collage of torn newsprint, watercolor stains, and two quietly unsettling figures: a weary, disheveled man in a pale coat standing before a vivid, painterly portrait of Daredevil — the Man Without Fear rendered in fierce reds and blacks, as if burning off the page. The mixed-media approach gives the whole image an almost dreamlike unease, perfectly suited to a story called "Wake Up Part 1." Brian Michael Bendis and Mack bring a thoughtful, literary sensibility to this 2001 series that sets it apart from standard superhero fare.