Shade, the Changing Man #60

Part two of the "Nasty Infections" arc arrives in this mid-1995 Vertigo entry, with a cover by Duncan Fegredo that immediately commands attention. A red-haired figure clad in an elaborate, patterned suit of armor dominates the image, one arm raised and the other bearing a bizarre, rocket-laden mechanical fish — the kind of surreal weaponry that feels perfectly at home in Shade's world of warped reality. With Peter Milligan, Mark Buckingham, and Rick Bryant on the interior, this five-part storyline and its memorably titled villain "Metang!" promise the offbeat, psychedelic storytelling that made this run a Vertigo standout.