The Spectre #52

The Ostrander and Mandrake run on The Spectre delivers one of its most atmospheric installments here, with issue #52 opening a new arc — "The Haunting of Jim Corrigan, Part One: Retribution." Gary Gianni's painted cover sets an unsettling tone: the green-cloaked, hollow-eyed Spectre looms from the darkness, holding aloft a glowing lantern while two desperate, armed men cower in the foreground, weapons drawn and faces twisted in fear. It's a deeply moody composition that captures exactly the dread DC's Spirit of Vengeance tends to inspire in those who've earned his attention.