Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger #10

J. M. DeMatteis and Fernando Blanco push the New 52's most enigmatic wanderer into deeply unsettling territory with this September 2013 issue, subtitled "Paradise Found." Cover artist Jae Lee renders a shirtless, horned figure looming against a stormy sky, arms outstretched like a grotesque marionettist — two human heads dangling from strings on either side — while the tagline "The Misery and Pain of… Heaven?!" makes it clear that salvation here comes at a steep price. It's a striking, theologically charged image that captures the Phantom Stranger's world perfectly: a place where cosmic forces treat souls like puppets and even paradise carries a shadow.