The Twilight Zone: Shadow & Substance #1

Dynamite's 2015 launch of The Twilight Zone: Shadow & Substance opens with a cover that perfectly captures the series' unsettling spirit — an artist sits with his back to us, painting a eerily realistic portrait of a young man's face, while photographs of ghoulish, masked figures are pinned around it, and a cracked mirror beside him reflects his own aged visage. Penciled and inked by Guiu Vilanova, the image layers dread into what looks like a simple studio scene, the dim overhead lamp and wooden artist's mannequin adding just the right atmosphere of isolation. Writer Mark Rahner kicks things off with "Stumbling Distance, Part 1," brought to life by artist and inker Edu Menna, colorists Thiago Ribeiro and Impacto Studios, and letterer Rob Steen — a creative team that feels well-suited to stories where reality shifts just slightly out of reach.