The Witching #6

Vertigo's supernatural series delivers a genuinely unsettling sixth issue, with a cover by Tara McPherson that draws you in immediately — a pale, violet-eyed woman stares upward as long-fingered hands press against her face, a cracked and bleeding heart hovering above her forehead while two darker, masked figures loom at the edges. The fragmented, close-cropped composition creates a mood that's both intimate and deeply eerie, perfectly suited to The Witching's blend of dark fantasy and unease. With Jonathan Vankin writing and Leigh Gallagher on interior art, this 2005 DC/Vertigo chapter — subtitled "I Fought the Law" — promises the kind of morally complex storytelling the imprint does so well.