Azrael #38

Bane makes his presence felt in visceral fashion on this February 1998 entry in DC's Azrael series — the cover, penciled by Roger Robinson and inked by James Pascoe, fills the frame with a massive, veined fist shattering through debris in a spray of blood, while a red-and-black armored figure is sent flying in pieces above. Part three of "Angel and the Bane," this issue drops readers into the thick of a brutal confrontation between Azrael and one of DC's most formidable villains. Dennis O'Neil's script and Robinson's kinetic art make this a punishing chapter in the arc.