Dead Boy Detectives #9

Spinning out of the world of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, this Vertigo series brings a delightfully eerie sensibility to its ninth issue — and Mark Buckingham's cover delivers it in full. Two ghostly boys flank the scene, their skeletal forms rendered in unsettling detail, while a small girl in red stands at center stage before parted crimson curtains, a looming dark creature lurking ominously behind her. Written by Toby Litt and Buckingham, with colors by Lee Loughridge that deepen the theatrical dread, "Ghost Snow Part Three of Five: Swirls" promises the kind of supernatural mystery that makes this series such a compelling read.