Big Bang Comics #25

A full-blown superhero party jumps off the cover of this 1999 Image Comics issue, with a massive pink celebration cake at center and a colorful crowd of costumed heroes packed around it — including a purple-and-black caped figure standing triumphantly atop the cake, a red-and-yellow speedster, a patriotically themed heroine, and several masked companions all enjoying slices and revelry. Jeff Weigel's pencils and inks give the scene a warm, Silver Age charm that feels like a genuine love letter to the ensemble superhero comics of decades past. Inside, writer Chris Ecker and artist Tom King deliver "Father Flamingo and the Boys of Bad Town," making this a cheerful and action-packed package for fans of retro-styled superhero fun.