Doom Patrol #27

A marionette collapsed on an open manuscript, a human skull resting beside a ticking clock, masked and robed figures gathered in a candlelit hall, and a looming shadowy form dominate Simon Bisley's unsettling cover for this 1989 DC series. The imagery perfectly suits a story titled "The Painting That Ate Paris" — there's a theatrical, surrealist dread to every detail that signals Grant Morrison's writing is operating somewhere far beyond conventional superhero territory. Richard Case and John Nyberg bring that same sensibility to the interiors, making this one of the more intriguing installments of the run.