The Unwritten #39

From Vertigo's acclaimed series, this September 2012 issue brings "The Wound — Part 3 of 4" to an arresting visual peak with cover art by Yuko Shimizu. A bespectacled figure screams in terror as a massive, intricately detailed serpentine creature — green-scaled, winged, and coiling through dark, organic darkness — wraps around them, while a glowing geometric shape floats ominously overhead. Mike Carey and Peter Gross continue their collaboration on one of Vertigo's most thoughtfully crafted series, and Shimizu's breathtaking cover sets a tone of overwhelming, mythic dread that's hard to look away from.