Kiss: Psycho Circus #17

The cover of this 1999 Image series entry is genuinely unsettling in the best way — a child bearing the Demon's face paint, glowing red eyes burning with eerie intensity, cradles a cracking, brilliantly lit globe of the Earth in small but powerful hands. That image of childhood innocence fused with the KISS mythology, set against a stark black void, gives Psycho Circus #17 a haunting, cosmic weight that sets it apart from a typical rock-band tie-in. If you've been following this series, this cover alone signals that the stakes have been raised considerably.