Jonah Hex #8

Ernie Chan's cover for Jonah Hex #8 pulls no punches: the scarred bounty hunter is bound spread-eagle between two trees, shirtless and defiant, as Apache warriors close in around him with a blazing torch raised menacingly close. The cover's own caption tells the stakes — Hex has broken Apache law, and his face must bear the Mark of the Demon — setting up a grim, tension-loaded scenario straight from Michael Fleisher's pen. For fans of tough, morally complex Westerns, this 1978 DC issue delivers a cover that makes it impossible to look away.