The Spectre #36

Tom Mandrake's cover for this December 1995 tie-in to DC's Underworld Unleashed event is genuinely unsettling — a massive demonic maw dominates the image, its jagged teeth spread wide as the Spectre's cloaked, flame-wreathed form is pulled helplessly into its depths, flanked by glowing skeletal faces in the crimson shadows. It's a striking visual argument that even the Spirit of Vengeance can be pushed to the edge. John Ostrander and Mandrake were one of the great writer-artist pairings of 1990s DC horror, and "Forces of Hell" looks every bit the part.