Lot 13 #1

Steve Niles brings his horror sensibilities to the suburbs in this Mature-rated DC miniseries, with Glenn Fabry's cover presenting what appears to be a family of five — a man and woman in the background, flanked by three younger women — rendered in an unsettling, almost too-perfect portrait style against a decayed, bloodstained backdrop. The tagline "Suburbia's Never Been So Terrifying!" sets the tone perfectly, and Fabry's photorealistic painted work gives every face just enough wrongness to make your skin crawl. A promising opening chapter for readers who like their domestic settings deeply, quietly dreadful.