Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins #12

Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins #12 brings some genuine supernatural menace to September 1993, with cover art by Rurik Tyler and Bob Downs depicting a snarling, white-haired Modred lunging forward in a torn blue jacket, claws outstretched, as a red-haired woman in green raises her arms against a burst of crackling energy behind him. The tagline — "Modred's back from the grave… just in time to die!" — sets a deliciously grim tone, while a small group of figures in the background suggests the stakes extend well beyond just one confrontation. Writer Chris Cooper and the creative team were clearly having fun pushing this corner of Marvel's supernatural mythology to its limits.