Firebrand #7

Firebrand #7 (August 1996) pairs a visceral cover image with the intriguing story title "Teach Your Children" — a combination that promises something unsettling at the heart of this DC series. Sal Velluto's cover depicts a man in street clothes swinging a baseball bat down at the armored, gold-and-blue figure of Firebrand, while a crowd of onlookers watches the confrontation unfold against a gothic building backdrop. Brian Augustyn's "Children of the Damned!" cover blurb only deepens the tension, suggesting that the streets — and perhaps the people on them — hold dangers that even a hero in full armor can't easily deflect.