Sin City: That Yellow Bastard #2

Part two of Frank Miller's six-part noir saga keeps the tension wound tight, with a cover rendered almost entirely in stark black and deep shadow — a hulking, wounded figure looms in silhouette, blood splashed vivid red against the darkness, a weapon gripped in hand. Miller's high-contrast cover art is pure visual menace, using that signature splash of crimson to pull the eye straight to the damage this character has already absorbed. If the opening installment drew you in, this 1996 Dark Horse issue makes clear that Basin City's ugliness is only getting started.