Sandman Mystery Theatre #54

The black-and-white photograph aesthetic of this 1997 Vertigo entry captures a woman mid-scream alongside a vintage broadcast microphone, evoking the golden age of radio drama with genuinely unsettling effect. "The Crone: Act Two of Four" continues the four-part storyline by Seagle, Wagner, and Davis, and the cover's tagline — "The RBC Broadcasting Network proudly presents another chilling episode of…" — leans beautifully into that atmospheric conceit. A stylish noir mood piece with cover art by Gavin Wilson and Richard Bruning, this is Sandman Mystery Theatre doing what it does best: wrapping dread in period elegance.