The Spectre #34

John Ostrander and John Ridgway's 1995 run on The Spectre consistently delivered some of DC's darkest horror-tinged storytelling, and this third chapter of the "Monsters" arc is no exception. Dave Johnson's cover pulls no punches: the Spectre looms with glowing white eyes and a snarling expression, his enormous hand reaching toward a chalk-outline figure surrounded by blood splatter, with a pair of scissors hanging in the void between them — an image that's equal parts crime scene and supernatural menace. It's a genuinely unsettling piece of cover art that sets the tone for whatever grim reckoning awaits inside.