Blackhawk #255

Blackhawk stands defiant in his tattered blue uniform on this striking 1983 DC cover, surrounded by a swirling hellscape of demonic faces, leering skulls, and Nazi imagery — a visual storm that makes the tagline "The Dark Knight's Gravest Hour!" feel genuinely ominous. The fiery orange backdrop and the sheer weight of menacing figures pressing in around him give the cover a nightmarish intensity, with pencils by Ed Hannigan and inks by Dave Cockrum bringing every ghoulish detail to vivid life. Inside, writer Mark Evanier and artist Dan Spiegle deliver "Command Is a Lonely Vigil!" — a title that perfectly matches the lone, battered hero you see bracing against the chaos on this cover.