The Walking Dead #35

The gaping, rotting maw of a walker dominates this 2007 Image Comics cover in stomach-churning close-up — decayed teeth, a swollen tongue, and festering flesh filling nearly the entire frame. Tucked into the corner, two terrified survivors peer out from the darkness, dwarfed by the threat looming over them. Charlie Adlard's cover art captures the series' signature dread with raw, unflinching detail that makes Robert Kirkman's post-apocalyptic world feel uncomfortably close.