Marvel Knights #9

Marvel Knights #9 brings a genuinely unsettling image to close out its "Final Matters" arc — a pale, armored horse surging forward amid swarms of grotesque insectoid creatures, while a decayed, screaming figure with wild purple hair looms behind it, all framed by roiling columns of fire. The detail work from cover penciler Trent Kaniuga and inker Danny Miki is striking, layering organic horror with an almost apocalyptic energy that makes the scene hard to look away from. With Chuck Dixon writing and Eduardo Barreto on interior art, this 2001 Marvel Knights entry clearly wasn't pulling any punches in its final chapter.