Doctor Spektor: Master of the Occult #2

Mark Waid brings his sharp storytelling to this 2014 Dynamite Entertainment series, with a cover by Christian Ward that immediately signals something beautifully unsettling. Doctor Spektor stands at the center of the composition, conjuring swirling tendrils of vivid magenta energy while a looming, eyeball-studded dark mass creeps in from the left — the supernatural pressing uncomfortably close. Ward's painterly style gives the occult chaos a dreamlike quality that perfectly suits a self-proclaimed Master of the Occult facing forces that may be just beyond his control.