Hellblazer #16

This February 1989 installment of John Constantine: Hellblazer arrives with a Dave McKean cover that earns its "Suggested for Mature Readers" label — a rain-soaked urban exterior, all rusted fire escapes and barred windows bathed in amber lamplight, with a lone, small figure standing in the shadows below while a looming, half-seen presence dominates the upper left. The atmosphere of dread is palpable before you even crack the spine. Part III of "The Fear Machine" continues Jamie Delano's writing alongside interior art by Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham, making this a compelling chapter in one of DC's most atmospheric mature-readers series.