John Constantine, Hellblazer #10

John Constantine looms large on this Sean Phillips cover, his face split between cool shadow and an eerie blue light while a skull-filled darkness crowds the background and a burst of hellfire blazes in his hand — a quietly menacing image that captures the character's dangerous world perfectly. Collecting Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips's run under the story title "The Nature of the Beast," this 2015 Vertigo trade paperback offers a substantial dose of occult noir with one of comics' most compelling antiheroes at its center. If you're looking for Hellblazer at its moody, atmospheric best, this volume makes a strong case for itself right from the cover.