Spawn #139

Kicking off "Hellbound Part 1," this 2004 Image Comics chapter pulls Spawn into a swirling vortex of shadow and sickly green energy, his white-masked face half-shrouded in darkness as spectral tendrils curl around his muscular form and chains bind his waist. Greg Capullo's cover art — both pencils and inks — renders the hellspawn in a brooding, atmospheric composition that feels genuinely ominous against the near-total black backdrop. With a stellar creative team including Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin, Angel Medina, and Brian Haberlin on colors, this issue promises the kind of dark, supernatural intensity that keeps Spawn one of Image's most compelling ongoing series.