Eerie #4

Dark Horse's revival of the celebrated science-horror anthology reaches its fourth issue with a cover that earns every drop of dread — a cold-eyed surgeon in a white lab coat holds a syringe aloft while an enormous, restrained figure looms behind him, its massive back bristling with thorns and tubing. The promise of "sadistic surgeries and terrible tonics" sets a gleefully grim tone for contributions from Al Ewing, Kelley Jones, Dan Jolley, Norm Breyfogle, Ales Kot, Sloane Leong, Howard Chaykin, and Billy Graham — a murderers' row of talent for fans of illustrated science-horror. If you've been hungry for anthology comics with genuine bite, this one prescribes exactly the right kind of bad medicine.