Fairest #18

That cover tells you everything you need to know about the dark territory Williams, Sadowski, and Pepoy are exploring in this arc — a massive, shadowy beast fills the frame, its glowing white eyes and blood-red, jagged maw radiating pure menace against an enveloping darkness. Adam Hughes's cover art strips the image down to something primal and unsettling, letting that snarling face do all the heavy lifting. Part four of "The Return of the Maharaja" arc, this October 2013 Vertigo issue promises the mature-readers edge that subtitle — Death and Dismemberment — so pointedly advertises.