DV8 #20

Issue #20 of Image's DV8 brings a charged confrontation straight to the cover, where a menacing, grinning figure — identified by the tagline as Dirge — looms large with a weapon in hand, his sights set on the Deviants. Al Rio's pencils (inked by Randy Elliott) pack the image with the full DV8 ensemble mid-battle: a powerfully built brawler, a woman in a purple costume, a feral fighter, a purple-haired woman in green, a blonde fighter, and armored soldiers firing from an upper level, all caught in a moment of explosive chaos and firelight. With Mike Heisler scripting and the creative team of Rio and Trevor Scott bringing the interior pages to life, this 1998 entry is a kinetic showcase for one of Wildstorm's most volatile super-teams.