Last Train to Deadsville: A Cal McDonald Mystery #4

The penultimate chapter of Steve Niles and Kelley Jones's Cal McDonald mystery wraps up with a cover that captures the series' darkly atmospheric tone perfectly — a lone man calmly lighting a cigarette while an enormous, grotesque creature looms around him, all jagged teeth, claws, and hellish orange flame. Jones's cover art makes the most of that tension between the man's cool composure and the monstrous presence engulfing nearly the entire frame. If you've been riding this Dark Horse horror-noir train, issue four is where the atmosphere cranks up another notch.