Shade, the Changing Man #34

A contemplative young figure huddles against a swirling, psychedelic fabric bursting with bold circles and marbled color — a quietly unsettling image that captures the surreal emotional landscape Shade, the Changing Man does so well. This April 1993 Vertigo entry, subtitled "Growing Pains," carries the second chapter of "Birth Pains" from writer Peter Milligan and artists Chris Bachalo and Glyn Dillon, promising the kind of introspective strangeness the series handles with real craft. The cover, penciled and inked by Bachalo, balances delicate figure work against near-abstract pattern in a way that feels genuinely distinctive for its era.