Blaze #7

Johnny Blaze finds himself staring down the barrel of a massive gun in this February 1995 Marvel issue, while above him a robed and imposing figure spreads her arms wide against a rain-slicked backdrop — introducing herself via speech bubble as Madame Yang Fei Kwei. The cover art by Henry Martinez and Bud LaRosa stages this tense confrontation with real dramatic weight, pairing Blaze's grim determination against the commanding presence of a villain who clearly has the upper hand. Larry Hama's "We Who Are Lost" promises the kind of hard-edged action storytelling that made this solo series a worthwhile companion to Marvel's supernatural corner of 1995.