Blackhawk #14

Perched atop the fuselage of his own aircraft with pistol raised, Blackhawk faces down a burning enemy plane whose pilot is visible through a flame-wreathed cockpit — a tense mid-air standoff rendered with clean, confident linework by Rick Burchett. The deep red sky and billowing black smoke give the whole scene a dramatic, wartime urgency that suits "Operation Skywing, Part Two: Higher Planes" perfectly. Doug Moench and Burchett's 1990 run on this DC series continues to deliver the kind of daring aerial adventure that has always been central to the Blackhawk legacy.