Extreme Justice #7

Three members of Extreme Justice find themselves bound in spiked chains on this August 1995 cover by Howard Porter — a blue-skinned hero, a red-haired woman in crimson, and a third figure pinned helplessly in the foreground, all at the mercy of a massive armored villain looming at center with unmistakable menace. The tagline "Return of the King!" ties directly to the story title "The Once and Future Monarch," promising a power struggle with serious stakes for the team. With work from writer Dan Vado and artist Al Rio on the interior, this mid-series chapter looks like a genuinely rough day for DC's more hard-edged Justice League offshoot.