The Invisibles #2

Two serene, close-cropped faces confront each other in profile, and the negative space between them erupts into a dense, hallucinatory collage of masks, skulls, monstrous figures, swirling patterns, and fractured faces — a visual argument that what lies between people may be far stranger than either surface suggests. Brian Bolland's cover work is strikingly composed, balancing photorealistic calm against psychedelic chaos in a way that feels entirely at home in Vertigo's mature-readers lineup. With Morrison leading a roster that includes Yeowell, Ridgway, Stewart, Buckingham, Ormston, and the Pander Bros., The Invisibles #2 from 2000 promises the kind of richly layered storytelling this series built its reputation on.