Hellblazer #233

John Constantine crouches in a darkened corner, head buried in his hands, bathed in the harsh geometry of light falling through a barred window — while a looming, shadowy figure hovers over him from the darkness above. Lee Bermejo's painted cover work captures a mood of dread and psychological pressure that suits Andy Diggle and Leonardo Manco's run on the title perfectly. Vertigo's mature-readers label is well earned here — this 2007 issue feels like a story closing in on its protagonist from all sides.