The Demon #49

Garth Ennis and Nigel Dobbyn's run on The Demon takes a hard-boiled turn with this July 1994 installment, subtitled "The Big Heat!" John McCrea's cover depicts Etrigan decked out in a noir-styled fedora and long coat, cigarette dangling from his snarling mouth as he blazes away with two guns while shell casings fly through the air around him. It's a gloriously unexpected image — Hell's own demon gone full gangster — and it sets a darkly playful tone that makes issue #49 a genuinely fun entry in the series.