Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2

Martin Simmonds' painted cover for this second issue of Image's Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera is genuinely unsettling — a blood-spattered white mask clutched by dark, grasping hands emerges from near-total darkness, radiating dread without showing a single face beneath. The visceral, oil-painted aesthetic perfectly suits Tyler Boss and Simmonds' 2026 reimagining of one of horror's most enduring figures. If the first issue drew you in, this cover makes clear that the darkness haunting the opera house is only deepening.