The Books of Magic #63

This Vertigo entry from August 1999 pulls no punches with MW Kaluta's cover, which plunges a bespectacled young boy in a red sweater and a wide-eyed adult man into a frenzied swarm of small, fanged orange demons clawing and grabbing at them from every direction. The title "The Good Fella" hints at a story where good intentions may be sorely tested, written by Peter Hogan with art by Gary Amaro. If you love the eerie, pressured atmosphere that made The Books of Magic such a distinctive corner of the DC/Vertigo universe, this issue's cover alone makes a compelling case for picking it up.