Nathaniel Dusk #4

The noir atmosphere of Don McGregor and Gene Colan's four-part mini-series reaches its grim finale with this May 1984 closer. The cover by Colan and Dick Giordano is a quietly unsettling image — private investigator Nathaniel Dusk lies collapsed and curled on a cracked floor, a syringe nearby and a scattered document at his side, while rats close in around him from every direction. It's a deeply moody, ground-level composition that captures everything compelling about this rain-soaked, hard-boiled world.