Sam and Twitch #6

The dark, painterly atmosphere of Ashley Wood's cover for this 2000 Image series tells you everything about the mood Bendis and company are going for — a ghostly, indistinct figure in a suit and tie emerges from near-total blackness, his round glasses catching an eerie reflected light that makes him feel both menacing and unknowable. It's a striking piece of painted cover art that perfectly frames the gritty, noir-drenched world these two detectives inhabit. "Udaku Part Six" promises more of the unsettling tension that has made this Spawn spin-off one of the more atmospherically compelling crime series of its era.