Hunter: The Age of Magic #8

Vertigo's Hunter: The Age of Magic kicks off a new arc with issue #8 — "The Evil Gene, Chapter One" — written by Dylan Horrocks with art by Richard Case and inks by Steve Bird. Jon Foster's painted cover sets an immediately unsettling mood: a young bespectacled boy stands at the center of a crowded, dimly lit room while a pale, gaunt figure looms behind him with an outstretched arm, the surrounding figures seemingly oblivious to the threat closing in. It's a quietly ominous image that captures the series' blend of everyday vulnerability and dark, encroaching magic perfectly.