Preacher #25

Glenn Fabry's painted cover for this May 1997 Vertigo issue is genuinely unsettling — a wild-haired, decayed humanoid creature lunges forward with clawed hands and bared teeth, its glowing eyes and mottled flesh rendered in visceral detail against a murky, overgrown backdrop. Titled "Cry Blood, Cry Erin," this twenty-fifth chapter of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's boundary-pushing series promises the kind of dark, unflinching storytelling the book built its reputation on. If you've been following the series, this cover alone signals that the tension is far from letting up.