House of Secrets #5

The "Foundation Epilogue" arc closes out with this quietly unsettling issue from Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen, whose moody painted cover sets a tone that lingers. A young woman with wild, tangled hair stands in the foreground, cigarette in hand, her expression distant and worn — while behind her looms a weathered Victorian house beneath a murky, amber sky. There's a melancholy intimacy to Kristiansen's painted imagery that makes DC's Vertigo imprint feel exactly like the right home for this series.