Flinch #9

Vertigo's horror anthology Flinch hits its ninth issue with an Alex Ross cover that's as unsettling as it is arresting — a gaunt, white-haired figure crouches over a small skeleton labeled "1999," brandishing a gnarled bone aloft while fiery orange light fills the background, and the number "2000" looms nearby in a chilling millennium tableau. Ross's painted realism gives the image a weight that feels genuinely eerie rather than simply lurid. Inside, the anthology format brings together talents including Bruce Jones, Dave Taylor, Thom Metzger, Sean Phillips, Steven T. Seagle, and John Estes for another round of mature-readers horror.