The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #3

Part of DC's Sandman Universe Black Label line, this third issue announces itself with a genuinely unsettling cover by Nimit Malavia — a wide-eyed, pale-haired figure in a dark jacket is engulfed by grasping, bark-like hands emerging from the shadows, their expression caught somewhere between terror and disbelief. The atmosphere is painterly and deeply eerie, perfectly suited to a series where the supernatural presses in from every direction. With Pornsak Pichetshote writing and Jeff Stokely on interior art, Dead Boy Detectives continues to be one of 2023's more quietly compelling corners of the DC universe.