Doom Patrol #4

A brooding, ceremonial sword dominates the foreground of Tan Eng Huat's cover for this 2002 installment, its twin-pronged blade flanked by flickering candles and serpentine details that lend the whole composition an unsettling ritual air. Gathered behind it is the full ensemble of the Doom Patrol — including the chalk-white Negative Man, the golden-helmed Robotman, a green-skinned figure, and several others — their expressions ranging from wary to defiant against a deep crimson glow. Writer John Arcudi's run continues with "Blink… and It's Gone," and this cover promises a team caught between strange forces and stranger mysteries.