Avengers Spotlight #21

Hawkeye dominates this August 1989 Marvel cover with bow drawn and a taunting quip aimed at a villainous crowd — the cover promises the archer facing down the Horde of the Orb, with robed figures, captive civilians, and a sinister purple-masked adversary visible in the chaotic scene below him. Cover art by June Brigman and Roy Richardson gives the composition real kinetic energy, the giant Hawkeye figure looming confidently over the melee. As a bonus, the cover also teases a Starfox backup story, making this a two-for-one slice of late-'80s Avengers action.