Madman Atomic Comics #10

Michael Allred's Madman Atomic Comics #10 delivers a wonderfully surreal cover that captures the series' offbeat spirit perfectly. Frank Einstein — blank-eyed in his white-and-red lightning bolt costume — is flanked by two masked women in matching pink-and-yellow outfits, all set against an enormous, looming face that fills the background with an unsettling presence. Paired with the evocative chapter title "Knowledge Comes with Death's Release!," this 2008 Image Comics installment promises the kind of mind-bending adventure that makes this series such a distinctive entry in superhero comics.