The Crow #3

Kent Williams's painted cover for this 1999 Image series delivers something genuinely haunting: a battered, hollow-eyed figure in a torn jacket stands head bowed while several crows perch across his shoulders and arms, the soft, bruised pinks of the background making the scene feel both dreamlike and mournful. The loose, expressive brushwork suits The Crow's world of grief and dark purpose perfectly. With Jon J. Muth writing and an interior story titled "Death," issue #3 promises the kind of brooding, literary horror this series does so well.