Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #12

Part three of "Son of Satan's Ring" arrives in this October 2012 New 52 entry, and the cover by Alberto Ponticelli and Wayne Faucher makes an immediate impression — Frankenstein surges forward through a roiling wall of flame and explosion, dagger in hand, his stitched face set in a fierce snarl while a armored figure looms in the lower corner. The bold tagline "The Secret Behind Satan's Ring" promises something genuinely sinister lurking beneath the action, and the fiery chaos surrounding our monstrous agent sells the stakes without reservation. Matt Kindt's run on this title has consistently leaned into the weird and the dangerous, and this issue looks like a fittingly intense penultimate moment in the arc.