The Dreaming #49

This June 2000 entry in DC/Vertigo's The Dreaming carries a cover by Dave McKean that is genuinely hard to look away from: a figure's face appears fractured and multiplied into overlapping translucent layers, while a brilliant spectrum of rainbow light radiates across her chest between two luminous crystal shards. The distorted, dreamy image captures the title — and the story, "Shatter" — with quiet, unsettling precision. Writer Caitlín R. Kiernan and artist Christian Højgaard bring their own sensibilities to the interior, making this a compelling package for fans of thoughtful, atmospheric horror from one of Vertigo's most distinctive corners of the DC universe.