Spawn #181

Brian Haberlin's painted-style cover for Spawn #181 is a striking piece of dark fantasy art — a masked, cloaked figure rising dramatically against a stormy sky while cradling an unconscious woman in its arms, swirling robes of deep orange billowing around them like flames. The composition evokes the sweeping grandeur of classical painting, giving this 2008 Todd McFarlane Productions release a genuinely haunting, almost mythological weight. With David Hine and McFarlane co-writing "The Best of Times," this is a compelling entry in one of Image's longest-running series.