Hellspawn #4

A massive, decayed skull dominates the cover of this 2000 Image series, rendered in Ashley Wood's distinctively atmospheric, painterly style — dark and textured, with cracked surfaces and hollow eye sockets that feel genuinely unsettling. Wood's cover work here perfectly captures the brooding, horror-tinged edge that made Hellspawn stand out from the superhero crowd. With Brian Michael Bendis writing and Bill Sienkiewicz among the inkers on the interior, issue #4 — "Hate You" — promises a creative team firing on all cylinders.