House of Secrets #17

Vertigo's House of Secrets #17 opens a new three-part arc, "The Road to You: Leaving There," with a cover by Teddy Kristiansen that immediately signals something unsettled and quietly unnerving. A pale, wide-eyed boy in a rust-red shirt stares upward with an expression caught between wonder and unease, while below him a fragmented, almost feverish swirl of jagged shapes and vivid color suggests a world in upheaval. Steven T. Seagle and Kristiansen were crafting some of Vertigo's most emotionally grounded horror in 1998, and this opening chapter looks like a compelling place to start the journey.