Deadline #2

The tagline says it all — "Chasing a killer story can be hazardous to your health" — and this 2002 Marvel limited series delivers on that promise with a genuinely unsettling cover by Greg Horn. A pale, menacing figure in a dark cloak looms over a red-haired woman in glasses, his hand outstretched against a bleak, leaf-strewn cemetery backdrop that perfectly captures the series' noir-thriller atmosphere. It's issue two of four, and the mounting dread on the cover suggests the story is only getting more dangerous for its journalist protagonist.