Shade, the Changing Man #31

The swirling, psychedelic cover by Brendan McCarthy sets the tone perfectly for this mature-readers DC series — three distinct faces, rendered in blazing neons and acid-bright hues, dissolve into one another against a backdrop of liquid, hypnotic color. The tagline "A Portrait of the Me-tan..." hints at the fractured identity themes that have made Shade, the Changing Man one of the most visually adventurous titles of 1993. With Peter Milligan writing and Colleen Doran and Mark Buckingham handling interior art, "Ernest and Jim, Part One" promises another bold, unsettling chapter in Shade's ever-shifting story.