The Saga of Swamp Thing #30

This November 1984 issue delivers one of the most viscerally unsettling covers of DC's horror output that year — Stephen R. Bissette's pencils and John Totleben's inks combine to show Swamp Thing looming over a white-haired woman mid-scream, while a ring of grasping gray hands and ghostly figures close in from every direction. The composition makes brilliant use of claustrophobic threat, with those reaching claws pressing in from all sides against the terrified woman's face. With Alan Moore writing "A Halo of Flies," this is exactly the kind of issue that rewards any fan of thoughtful, atmospheric horror comics.