Darkhawk #35

Darkhawk #35 brings the symbiote chaos straight to Chris Powell's doorstep, as the cover — rendered by Tod Smith and inked by Ian Akin — puts Venom front and center in a dynamic lunge toward a battered, barbed-wire-entangled Darkhawk. The banner promises "The Bloody Return of Venom!" and the tagline "Death by Symbiote!" sets an appropriately dire tone for this January 1994 opening chapter of "Operation: Symbiote." Writer Danny Fingeroth kicks off what looks to be a tense, high-stakes clash between two of Marvel's more visually striking characters, and the fiery orange-and-yellow background makes this cover genuinely hard to put down.