Doom Patrol #8

The cover of this March 2005 issue says it all — a massive, wood-grained robotic face dominates the frame, its glowing red eyes radiating menace, while a lone figure in a white-and-black costume struggles desperately within the gaping mechanical mouth below. John Byrne's cover art (inked by Byrne himself) makes the scale of the threat immediately, viscerally clear. With a story titled "A Death in the Family," this eighth issue promises real emotional stakes for the Doom Patrol alongside the dramatic confrontation teased on that striking cover.