The Invisibles #7

Part of Vertigo's "Countdown to the Millennium" banner, this October 1999 issue of The Invisibles arrives with one of the most arresting covers of the year — Brian Bolland's painterly rendering of a robed skeleton and an elegantly dressed woman facing each other across a chessboard whose pieces bear the faces of the series' cast, while silhouetted figures dance in a chain along a ridge behind them. The image evokes the classic danse macabre tradition while grounding the stakes squarely in the world of Morrison, Phillips, and Stephens's anarchist cell. With the millennium countdown ticking down and "Karmageddon" in full swing, this is The Invisibles at its most atmospherically charged.