The Spectre #25

P. Craig Russell's cover for this March 2003 issue presents a striking image of the Spectre, hooded and imposing, cradling a flaming heart between his outstretched hands while beams of intense yellow light radiate outward around him. At the bottom of that same light, a writhing mass of grotesque demonic creatures claws upward from the darkness — a vivid contrast between the spiritual and the monstrous. With DeMatteis, Breyfogle, and Janke on the interior, "Crime & Punishment" promises the kind of morally charged storytelling this series does so well.