Double Image #3

Double Image #3 from 2001 offers one of the more unsettling domestic scenes you'll find on an Image cover that year — a rumpled bed holds only a discarded pink top, while a framed photo of a young woman lies on the floor nearby and a pair of shoes tumbles through a doorway, suggesting someone left in a hurry or wasn't given a choice. Charlie Adlard's cover art uses quiet, everyday details to build real unease, letting the absence of a figure do more storytelling than a crowded action scene ever could. With Joe Casey writing and Adlard handling the full interior art duties as well, this is a title that clearly trusts atmosphere over spectacle.