The Darkness #7

The cover of The Darkness #7 — part of Top Cow's stylish 1997 Image run — delivers a striking tableau: a masked, long-haired figure in ornate armor raises a grotesquely organic weapon overhead while a swarm of snarling, green-eyed Darklings crowd the foreground, bristling with pistols and blades. Cover pencils by Marc Silvestri and inks by Matt Banning give the scene a beautifully detailed, high-energy quality that showcases the supernatural menace at the heart of this series. With the story titled "Playing God" and a creative team including writers David Wohl and Christina Z, this is a compelling chapter in one of the more imaginative supernatural titles of the late '90s.