Sandman #36

Part five of "A Game of You" arrives with a Dave McKean cover that perfectly captures the arc's dreamlike unease — a dark, brooding figure cradles smaller forms against a swirling backdrop of deep blues and greens beneath a turbulent, crimson-tinged sky. Neil Gaiman's script is supported here by the combined linework of Shawn McManus and Bryan Talbot, making this April 1992 issue a visually rich chapter in one of Sandman's most intimate and strange storylines. If you've been following the arc, this penultimate installment promises the atmospheric weight its cover so vividly delivers.