Dark Horse Presents #56

This 64-page Giant Dark Horse Presents Annual from 1991 packs an ambitious sampler onto one cover, with a long-coated figure dominating the center while four surrounding panels tease stories ranging from an Aliens sequence to the Next Men team's origin, the Earth Boys, and Marv's first date. Cover art by Paul Guinan, John Byrne, Frank Miller, and Dave Johnson makes for an unusually collaborative showcase, each bringing their distinct hand to the collage of Dark Horse's anthology offerings. At $3.95, it's a generous slice of what the publisher's anthology format could deliver when firing on all cylinders.