Doctor Fate #5

The cover of Doctor Fate #5 poses the question right out loud — "Is this the new… Dr. Fate?" — as a sleek, blue-cowled figure dominates the foreground while two bewildered onlookers, one elderly man in a yellow jacket and another peculiar figure with an animal-like face, gape in apparent disbelief from the background. Shawn McManus's cover art gives the scene an unsettling, almost surreal quality that perfectly suits this 1989 DC series. J. M. DeMatteis's writing and McManus's interior art continue with "The Night of Brahma Part Four: Midnight," promising more of the strange, mystical energy this title has made its signature.