Shade, the Changing Man #27

Issue #27 of Shade, the Changing Man arrives in September 1992 with one of the most visually striking covers of DC's mature-readers line — Brendan McCarthy's painting places a androgynous figure with wild red dreadlocks and hands clasped in a meditative pose at the center, their blue patterned robe dissolving into swirling, psychedelic abstraction, with the word "Hermaphrodite" announcing the issue's thematic territory. Framed against a riot of concentric circles, collaged panels, and vivid reds and yellows, the image radiates a strange, contemplative intensity that feels genuinely unlike anything else on the 1992 rack. Peter Milligan, Colleen Doran, and Mark Pennington bring their considerable talents to the interior, promising the same bold, boundary-pushing storytelling the series had made its signature.