Nailbiter #1

Image Comics launched this unsettling horror series in 2014 with a cover that wastes no time establishing its tone — a pale, blood-soaked figure biting down on a hand with visceral, crimson-drenched intensity. Writer Joshua Williamson and artist Mike Henderson announce themselves as a team unafraid to go to dark places, and Henderson's starkly minimalist cover art — all pale skin and vivid red against near-white — makes the series title feel grimly literal. If you have a taste for horror that gets under your skin, Nailbiter #1 is a compelling place to start.