Deadworld #5

Dalibor Talajić's cover for this 2006 Image/Desperado installment of Gary Reed's zombie horror series delivers an unsettling close-up: a decayed, screaming undead face — sunglasses reflecting columns of flame, a headband across its brow, an earring at its jaw — rising from a wall of fire. It's a striking image that captures Deadworld's grim, gritty atmosphere with real painterly intensity. Horror fans who appreciate their undead with a punk-adjacent edge will find this one hard to put back on the shelf.