John Constantine: Hellblazer #12

Part of DC's Sandman Universe Black Label line, this concluding chapter of "This Sceptred Isle" arrives with a cover by John Paul Leon that is genuinely hard to look away from — Constantine's pale, anguished face nearly swallowed by pitch black, while a pair of blood-soaked red hands grip his head from above in a deeply unsettling embrace. The stark two-tone image, colored by Jordie Bellaire, distills everything that makes this series work: dread rendered with restraint, where a single striking image says more than a full splash page ever could. Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, and Bellaire bring their Hellblazer run to a close with this issue, and that cover alone suggests the finale earns its weight.