Reign in Hell #2

The second chapter of DC's 2008 infernal miniseries arrives with a cover by Mario Alberti that plunges readers straight into the chaos of an unholy war — mystics and demons collide in a swirling vortex of fire and smoke, with a screaming blond fighter clutching a weapon at the center, flanked by a top-hatted sorceress, a snarling blue demon, and armored combatants locked in fierce supernatural struggle. The tagline says it all: all mystics must pick sides, and the cover makes clear that the lines are being drawn in hellfire. With Keith Giffen writing and Tom Derenick and Bill Sienkiewicz handling interior art, "Dark Alliances" looks like a thoroughly satisfying dive into DC's darker mystical corners.