Harley Quinn #30

Harley Quinn dominates this May 2003 cover, her grinning face split dramatically between black and white as those glowing red eyes hint at something decidedly unsettling. Below her loom three figures caught up in what looks like a genuinely grim situation — a bound and gagged woman, a bloodied man with a blade plunged into him, and an older figure holding a candle — all rendered with striking, moody linework by Mike Huddleston and Troy Nixey. "Vengeance Unlimited Part Five" promises the kind of dark, character-driven tension that made this solo series such a compelling corner of the DC universe in 2003.