Red Hood: Outlaw #39

Red Hood's battered, blood-dripping helmet impaled on a blade — surrounded by swirling, molten debris — makes for one of the most unsettling cover images of 2019, and Kenneth Rocafort's artwork sells every grim detail. The tagline "Sometimes… Dead Is Better" hangs at the bottom like a threat, while a banner of DC villains looms across the top as part of the "Year of the Villain: Doom Rising" crossover. Scott Lobdell's "Generation Outlaw, Part 3" arrives at what the cover strongly suggests is a dark turning point for Jason Todd's alter ego.