Justice League #23.3

Part of DC's 2013 New 52 villain month event, this Justice League #23.3 one-shot spotlights "Dial E" with a cover by Brian Bolland that's hard to look away from — a masked woman in a sleek black suit commands the frame, surrounded by a chaotic swirl of absurdly named candy bars ("Crapple," "Bad Seeds," "Bum Gums") while a hapless man recoils behind her. Bolland's precise linework gives the scene a darkly comic energy that perfectly suits China Miéville's inventive, boundary-pushing sensibility. With an extraordinary roster of artists contributing to "Dial Q for Qued," this issue is a genuinely distinctive entry in the Dial H corner of the DC universe.