The Saga of Swamp Thing #38

From Alan Moore, Stan Woch, and John Totleben, this July 1985 installment of DC's "Sophisticated Suspense" showcase — "Still Waters" — arrives wrapped in a genuinely unsettling cover by Stephen R. Bissette and John Totleben. Swamp Thing's mossy green form struggles at the center, surrounded on all sides by a ring of snarling, hollow-eyed vampiric figures, while a large, anguished humanoid presence looms above them all, arms outstretched against a hazy orange glow. It's a striking composition that perfectly captures the dread and dark beauty that made this era of Swamp Thing something fans still talk about decades later.