Swamp Thing #1

The muck-encrusted creature looms large against a swollen, blood-red moon on Kelley Jones's cover for this six-issue 2016 DC miniseries — all brooding musculature and shadowed menace, with silhouetted trees fading into a murky background that feels genuinely unsettling. Swamp Thing's original creator Len Wein returns to the character alongside Jones and colorist Michelle Madsen, a combination that brings a distinctly Gothic atmosphere to the title right from issue one. With a story titled "The Dead Don't Sleep!", this feels like a compelling, darkly atmospheric chapter in the character's long history.