Hellblazer #109

John Constantine lights a cigarette with practiced calm in the foreground while three fearsome beast-riders on horseback thunder down upon him from behind — a collision of mundane cool and mythic terror that perfectly captures the Vertigo spirit of 1997. Sean Phillips's cover work is painterly and atmospheric, giving the charging hunters a genuinely unsettling, animalistic menace. With Paul Jenkins writing and Phillips handling both art and inks inside, Hellblazer #109 promises exactly the kind of dark, grounded supernatural storytelling this series does so well.