Doom Patrol #22

Three figures emerge from dark, still water beneath a star-filled sky — Robotman's metal helmet glowing with red eyes at center, flanked by a woman's face surfacing to the left and a bandaged head rising to the right, the whole image radiating a quietly unsettling dread. Matthew Clark's cover work here is moody and assured, drawing you in with its murky palette and that cold, mechanical stare. With Giffen, Randall, and Thibert steering the book in 2011, Doom Patrol #22 — "Doomsday (No, Not Him)" — promises the kind of offbeat, atmospheric storytelling this team does so well.