Flinch #1

Vertigo launched its horror anthology Flinch in June 1999 with a genuinely unsettling cover by Phil Hale — a pale, hunched figure marked with surgical lines cradles a scalpel near its own face, making the tagline "Horror Gets a Facelift" feel viscerally literal. The issue promises three tales from a impressive roster that includes Richard Bruning and Jim Lee, Bruce Jones and Richard Corben, and Jen Van Meter and Frank Quitely. It's a strong opening statement for a mature-readers anthology that clearly has no interest in playing it safe.