The Dreaming #24

Dave McKean's cover for this 1998 Vertigo entry fills the frame with an unsettling, close-up raven — its single vivid green eye staring directly outward — while a ornate ring of copper-red leaves or petals floats in the foreground against a murky, dreamlike backdrop. The bird's open beak and the coiled metallic element winding beside it give the image a quietly ominous, surreal atmosphere perfectly suited to Caitlín R. Kiernan and Paul Lee's "Unkindness of One, Part Three." If you've been following this arc, issue #24 promises the mood and menace that makes The Dreaming such a compelling corner of the DC/Vertigo universe.