Hellblazer #221

John Constantine raises a drink with two decaying, hooded corpse-like figures in a dimly lit bar, a lit candle flickering between them — it's the kind of unsettling social call only Constantine could pull off with a smirk. This 2006 Vertigo issue, part six of Denise Mina's seven-part "Empathy Is the Enemy," pairs her sharp writing with Leonardo Manco's atmospheric art, while Lee Bermejo's painted cover sets a mood that's equal parts grim and grimly funny.