Doom Patrol #55

Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol was never short on unsettling imagery, and issue #55 delivers a striking example via Simon Bisley's cover — a grinning, wild-eyed woman with flowing pink hair, clad in a star-spangled top, clutching what appears to be a bloodied weapon while a small, shrouded figure cowers below her. The raw, painted energy of Bisley's linework gives the whole scene a wonderfully grotesque carnival quality that perfectly suits this "Suggested for Mature Readers" title. Titled "The Blood of the Lamb," this May 1992 entry in Morrison's celebrated run promises the kind of strange, unsettling territory that made Doom Patrol one of DC's most distinctive books of its era.