Spawn: The Dark Ages #27

The blood-soaked cover by Ashley Wood says everything about the brutal medieval world of Spawn: The Dark Ages — a menacing armored figure with glowing eyes looms over a fallen, defeated enemy, cloak billowing like dark wings against a deep crimson backdrop. Issue #27 brings Steve Niles's writing together with Nat Jones's interior art for a chapter titled "Bubonic Nights," a title that conjures plague, dread, and the grim atmosphere this series does so well. If you've been following this dark corner of the Spawn universe, this 2001 entry looks like a fittingly ominous chapter.