Big Bang Comics #26

Shadow Lady takes center stage in this 1999 Image Comics installment, as the cover by Jerry Acerno sends her soaring through open skies — gun in hand, red-winged cape streaming — while a menacing figure leans from the struts of a vintage biplane roaring overhead. The retro-pulp energy is unmistakable, blending golden-age aesthetics with dynamic aerial tension that perfectly suits "Murder By Microphone Part 3." Big Bang Comics continues to deliver that lovingly crafted homage to comics' past, and Acerno handles every line of it himself — writing, drawing, inking, and lettering the whole affair.