Dark Horse Presents #48

Dark Horse Presents #48 offers a compelling anthology lineup — Downtown, Homicide, and Harlequin — with Stefano Gaudiano's cover setting a quietly unsettling tone. A weary figure in harlequin face paint and a colorful diamond-patterned vest sits slumped against a wall, clutching a small bottle of glue, surrounded by scattered imagery of theatrical playbills and a jester in mid-leap. The left side of the cover teases the issue's varied contents through portrait vignettes of grim, hard-edged characters, promising a rich mix of street-level noir and something far stranger — and this 1991 installment also includes Dark Horse trading cards inside.