Hunter: The Age of Magic #13

Vertigo's Hunter: The Age of Magic #13 (September 2002) promises something significant with its story arc subtitle "The Return of Molly," framed against Jon Foster's evocative cover depicting a young dark-haired woman crouching amid floral imagery, her expression wary and intent, while a shadowy, otherworldly figure looms in the darker half of the composition. The split between warm amber tones and inky darkness gives the image a charged, unsettling atmosphere that suits this mature-readers series perfectly. With Dylan Horrocks writing and Richard Case among the artists inside, this issue looks to balance the personal and the supernatural in the quietly compelling way this Vertigo title does best.