Swamp Thing #11

This March 2001 Vertigo series entry presents a striking Glenn Fabry cover that places a young woman in a red tank top at the center of a swirling nightmare — surrounding her are decaying, ghoulish faces and reanimated corpses shambling through a graveyard, while a pale, wide-eyed woman with wild white hair looms large in the background. The imagery perfectly suits a story titled "Red Harvest, Part One: The Virgin Thorn," promising something deeply unsettling in the tradition of Vertigo's mature-readers horror. Writer Brian K. Vaughan, artist Roger Petersen, and inker Rick Magyar bring their talents to what looks like a genuinely atmospheric descent into dread.