The Mask: Toys in the Attic #1

Part one of a four-issue Dark Horse miniseries, this 1998 opener announces itself with a wildly unsettling cover by Doug Mahnke: the green-faced, grinning Mask looms large in full chaotic regalia, manipulating a hapless man like a marionette on strings while a silhouetted figure cowers in the fiery background. The puppeteer imagery sets a darkly playful tone that feels entirely at home in the Mask's anarchic universe. With Bob Fingerman writing and Sibin Slavković on interior art, "Toys in the Attic Part 1" promises a creative team ready to push the character's unhinged energy in fresh directions.