Exquisite Corpses #12 Cover B Gustaffo Vargas Variant Mature Readers – Image Comics
Exquisite Corpses #12 Cover B Gustaffo Vargas Variant Mature Readers – Image Comics
Exquisite Corpses #12 – Cover B: Gustaffo Vargas Variant (Mature Readers)
The macabre masterpiece continues. Exquisite Corpses #12 delivers another chapter of the critically acclaimed Mature Readers ongoing series from Image Comics, and Cover B showcases the wonderfully distinctive and darkly expressive artwork of Gustaffo Vargas — an artist whose unique visual sensibility and deeply personal approach to horror imagery have made him one of the most compelling voices in the genre. Vargas brings a raw, hand-crafted intensity to every cover he produces, and his variant for issue #12 is no exception — a striking, unsettling image that perfectly captures the spirit of a series that has never been afraid to go to dark and unexpected places.
Whether you’re a dedicated Exquisite Corpses reader completing your variant run, a Gustaffo Vargas collector, or a Mature Readers fan who seeks out the most artistically adventurous covers in the Image lineup, Cover B of issue #12 is the edition that rewards close attention.
- Title: Exquisite Corpses
- Issue: #12
- Cover: Cover B – Gustaffo Vargas Variant
- Cover Artist: Gustaffo Vargas
- Rating: Mature Readers (MR)
- Publisher: Image Comics
- Format: Single Issue / Comic Book / Ongoing Series
- Genre: Horror / Mature / Dark / Supernatural
- Published Date: April 2026
- Available in Stores From Publisher: April 2026
- Condition: New, Unread
🦴 Fun Fact: The title “Exquisite Corpse” originates from a Surrealist parlor game invented in 1920s Paris — in which artists and writers would collaboratively create images or sentences without seeing what the others had contributed — producing strange, dreamlike, and often deeply unsettling results that became a cornerstone of the Surrealist movement and a lasting influence on horror and dark art to this day.
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