The Goon #27

The Goon — battered, scarred, and armed with a pistol — surges out of a writhing sea of hollow-eyed zombies on Gris Grimly's wonderfully grotesque cover for issue #27, the grim atmosphere of a decaying town looming in the background. Eric Powell's series has always balanced pulpy horror with dark humor, and this 2008 Dark Horse entry — featuring additional contributions from Kyle Hotz and Rebecca Sugar alongside Grimly — promises more of that irresistible mix with "The Revenge of the Skunk Ape." If you've got a taste for hardboiled monster-bashing rendered with genuine artistic craft, this one belongs in your pull list.