V for Vendetta #6

The sixth chapter of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's ten-part series arrives with one of its most quietly unsettling covers: a low-angle view down a staircase where a figure with flowing silver-white hair descends, while a ghostly, translucent silhouette is reflected in a large mirror below. David Lloyd's muted palette — cool grays, teal, and dim lamplight — gives the scene an air of dreamlike dread that perfectly suits a story subtitled "Vengeance." Published in 1988 under DC's mature-readers banner, this issue is a reminder of how much mood a single, carefully composed image can carry.