Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo #1

The opening issue of this 1993 DC/Vertigo miniseries wastes no time establishing its dark, gothic-Western atmosphere — the cover by Tim Truman and Sam Glanzman presents a scarred, battle-worn Jonah Hex gripping a revolver, his expression as hard as iron beneath his battered hat, while a massive, leering skull looms beside him in gruesome detail. Writer Joe R. Lansdale teams with Truman and Glanzman to kick off "Chapter One: Slow Go Smith," and that cover promises something considerably grittier and more supernatural than a straightforward Western. If you were looking for a sign that this wasn't going to be a typical shoot-'em-up, that skull says it all.