The Walking Dead #111

Negan's blood-drenched face fills the cover of The Walking Dead #111, a massive gore-slicked blade held right up against his cheek as that unsettling grin dares you to look away. Charlie Adlard's close-up composition is genuinely unnerving — the splatter of dark red across Negan's face and jacket makes the image feel immediate and visceral against the smoldering crimson background. Robert Kirkman's series was firing on all cylinders in 2013, and this cover alone signals that this chapter isn't pulling any punches.