John Constantine -- Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite #1

Papa Midnite steps into the spotlight in this 2005 Vertigo one-shot, a Hellblazer special devoted entirely to John Constantine's formidable adversary. Ronald Wimberly's cover is a striking low-angle portrait: the fedora-wearing, cigarette-smoking Papa Midnite looms large against a foggy graveyard backdrop, a golden serpent coiling around his arm and a skull-faced figure nestled at its head. Writer Mat Johnson and artist Tony Akins bring this world of voodoo and menace to life in "Chapter I," promising a story as cool and dangerous as its cover subject.