Hellspawn #6

Hellspawn #6 brings Ashley Wood's hauntingly atmospheric painted style to the forefront, with a deeply shadowed cover depicting a cloaked, masked figure — unmistakably Spawn — standing armed and resolute between two decayed skeletal figures, chains dangling ominously in the foreground. The deep teal-black palette and eerie amber highlights give the whole image a genuinely unsettling, almost painterly dread that sets this series apart from superhero fare of its era. With Brian Michael Bendis and Steve Niles on writing duties and Wood handling every visual element, "The Big League" promises a creative team firing on all cylinders.