Kid Eternity #1

This May 1993 launch of Kid Eternity under DC's Vertigo mature-readers imprint arrives with a cover by Sean Phillips that immediately signals something unsettling and surreal — a coolly grinning figure in dark sunglasses peers in from the upper corner, while a disembodied hand, rendered in ghostly blue-grey against warm earth tones, hovers at the center of a stark geometric star-and-circle design. The tension between that smirking presence and the eerily suspended hand sets a mood that's equal parts street-level cool and otherworldly dread. Ann Nocenti and Sean Phillips open their run with a visual promise that Kid Eternity won't be playing it safe.