Darkman #1

Marvel's 1993 adaptation of Darkman kicks off with a genuinely unsettling cover: a scarred, bandaged figure tears through the image itself, his blood-flecked fingers and burning red eyes glaring out from the rip with barely contained menace. The tagline "Enter A Theatre of Madness" sets the tone perfectly for "Dark Obsession," the opening chapter brought to life by writer Kurt Busiek and artist Javier Saltares. If you've ever wanted to see a tortured antihero given the full Marvel treatment, this first issue makes a compelling case right from its striking painted-style cover.