Dark Horse Presents #54

Gray Morrow's painted cover for this 1991 anthology issue is dominated by a brooding, trench-coated figure in a dark hat and black gloves — the kind of face that belongs to rain-slicked streets and hard questions. Along the left edge, character portraits tease the issue's three featured stories: a cybernetically enhanced figure for John Byrne's Next Men, a growling bestial face for Frank Miller's Sin City, and a scowling red-haired kid for Rick Geary's Hotline. Inside, John Arcudi and Gray Morrow continue "Homicide: The Creep" in what promises to be a moody, noir-inflected chapter from one of Dark Horse's most reliably eclectic showcases.