Argus #3

The cover of Argus #3 (1995, DC) makes an immediate impression — a shadowy, caped figure looms from a burst of sharp, radiating light that tears through the darkness like shattered glass, rendered in moody blue-grey tones by cover artists Phil Hester and Chip Wallace. The stark contrast between the blinding flare and the figure's shrouded silhouette perfectly echoes the issue's title, "Light in Dark, Part Three: Learning to See." If you've been following this mid-'90s DC series, this third chapter looks like a compelling continuation of whatever reckoning Argus has been building toward.