Forgotten Realms Comic Book #4

The finale of "The Hand of Vaprak" arc arrives in issue #4 of DC's Forgotten Realms series, and the cover — penciled by Rags Morales and inked by Dave Simons — makes an immediate impression: a massive stone-skinned creature dominates the image, its glowing yellow eyes peering out from a body of cracked, lava-lit rock, while a chaotic tangle of warriors, a dark-cloaked figure, and a lizard-like creature scramble across its enormous back. The sheer scale of the beast against the scrappy band atop it perfectly captures the "fools rush in" spirit promised by the story title. Written by Jeff Grubb with interior art also by Morales and Simons, this 1989 TSR/DC collaboration wraps up its opening storyline in suitably larger-than-life fantasy fashion.