Desperadoes #3

Two lone figures — a gun-toting cowboy and a woman with a rifle — stand back-to-back in a rocky canyon as an overwhelming mob of armed outlaws, Native warriors, and frontier rough-necks closes in from every direction under a hazy desert sun. John Cassaday's cover composition is a masterclass in controlled chaos, packing the frame with spears, pistols, knives, and rifles while keeping the eye anchored on that outnumbered pair at the center. Jeff Mariotte's frontier noir series was already turning heads in 1997, and this third issue promises the tension is anything but letting up.