Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #10

Jackson Guice's cover for this 1989 Marvel issue pulls no punches: a gaunt, red-eyed Morbius the Living Vampire crouches menacingly over a fallen, bloodied Doctor Strange on a grim alley floor, the tagline "Death at the Hands of Morbius — the Living Vampire!" leaving little doubt about the stakes. It's a genuinely unsettling image, rendered with gritty detail that captures both the horror and the tension of these two very different figures colliding. With Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas at the helm and Jackson Guice handling interior art, this mid-November issue of Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme makes a strong case for itself as one of the series' more atmospheric entries.