Hellshock #1

Jae Lee pulls triple duty as writer, artist, and inker on this 1994 Image series opener, and the cover alone signals something genuinely different — a brooding male figure, his face bisected by a stark white cross marking, emerges from roiling flames with wild, wind-swept hair framing his intense gaze. The collision of sacred imagery and hellfire sets a haunting tone that feels wholly in line with the story's title, "The Sign of the Cross Part 1." Lee's painted cover work, with atmospheric color by José Villarrubia, David Larks, and In Color, makes this a striking introduction to what promises to be a dark, spiritually charged series.