Azrael #26

The concluding chapter of "The Fall of Saint Dumas" arrives in this February 1997 issue, and Barry Kitson and James Pascoe's cover makes the stakes unmistakable — a hooded, armored Azrael fires a blazing jet of flame from his gauntlet against a blood-red backdrop, while a figure cowers at his feet and disembodied, fragmented forms scatter through the eerie glow behind them. Denny O'Neil brings his three-part "Angel at War" arc to a close here, and the raw intensity of that cover promises a confrontation that's been building all storyline. If you've been following Azrael's battle against the Order of Saint Dumas, this is the issue you've been waiting for.