The Spectre #26

The Spirit of Vengeance takes the reins in a genuinely unsettling holiday image on this February 1995 issue: the pale, hooded Spectre drives a sleigh pulled by skeletal reindeer through a cold winter sky, his green cloak billowing dramatically behind him. It's a striking seasonal twist that only DC's most formidable supernatural force could pull off, with cover artist Lou Harrison rendering the ghostly tableau in an eerie blue palette shot through with vivid crimson. John Ostrander and John Ridgway continue their celebrated run on the title with "The Door of the Solstice," promising the kind of dark, thoughtful storytelling that defined this era of the series.