Doctor Fate #30

Doctor Fate stands defiant in blue and gold at the center of this striking 1991 cover, surrounded on all sides by a press of shadowy, faceless figures closing in from every direction. The tension in that image pairs perfectly with the story title, "The Shadow of Death," promising something genuinely unsettling within. Cover art by Peter Gross and Dawson delivers a visceral sense of encroaching dread that makes this issue hard to put back on the shelf.