Justice League Dark #31

The New 52's supernatural team faces a chilling threat in Justice League Dark #31, where the cover — penciled and inked by Mikel Janín — depicts a dark-haired woman screaming in terror as she's ensnared by writhing, thorn-like tendrils wielded by the glowing-eyed, red-haired Nightmare Nurse, whose unsettling grin makes it clear she's very much in control. The tagline "The Terror of Nightmare Nurse!" sets an appropriately eerie tone for J. M. DeMatteis's story "Nightmares," brought to life by artist Andres Guinaldo with inks from Mark Irwin and Walden Wong. If you've been following DC's darker corners in 2014, this issue promises the kind of occult unease that makes Justice League Dark such a compelling corner of the New 52.