Rex Mundi #1

This opening issue of Rex Mundi arrives from Image Comics in 2002 with a striking, unsettling cover by Eric Johnson and Jeromy Cox — a close-up of a shadowed figure in a wide-brimmed hat whose goggle-like glasses reflect the terrified face of a bald, open-mouthed man reaching out in desperation, an eerie amber glow burning below. The composition pulls you uncomfortably close, making the reflected horror feel immediate and personal. Writer Arvid Nelson's "Unexpected Visitors" promises exactly the kind of tension that cover is already delivering.