Shade, the Changing Man #32

Shade finds himself trapped between two grotesque, snarling animal-headed figures on this unsettling February 1993 cover — one bearing the words "We Don't Like You," the other hissing "I Hate You" — while cross-covered black fabric fills the foreground against a swirling psychedelic backdrop of gold and magenta. Titled "Last Sacrament," this issue of Shade, the Changing Man captures the series at its surrealist, emotionally charged best, with cover art by Brendan McCarthy that pulses with menace and strange beauty. The special insert on AIDS awareness and safer sex also makes this a notably engaged piece of 1993 DC/Vertigo publishing.