Hellblazer #66

Glenn Fabry's painted cover for Hellblazer #66 pulls no punches: a bloodied, battered John Constantine slumps on a stool, one eye swollen nearly shut, feathers swirling around him as a copy of Mein Kampf and a ornate sword loom ominously in the background against a deep crimson wash. It's a striking image that signals the third chapter of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's "Fear and Loathing" arc has pushed Constantine to a brutal low point. For readers following this Vertigo run in June 1993, this cover makes it very clear that whatever corner John's been backed into, it's going to take more than luck to crawl out.