Spawn #142

Spawn #142 opens the "Devil to Pay" arc in suitably ferocious fashion, and Greg Capullo and Danny Miki's cover sets the tone perfectly — a snarling, green-eyed Spawn surges forward in his billowing red cape and heavy chains, bearing down on a cluster of writhing, skull-faced figures beneath him. The raw kinetic energy of the image, all slashing lines and stormy blue atmosphere, feels genuinely menacing without tipping into chaos. With Todd McFarlane and Brian Holguin on script and Angel Medina driving the interior art, this 2005 Image release promises the dark, hell-soaked intensity that has defined the series at its best.