Freak Force #13

Against a backdrop of burning buildings and billowing smoke, a muscular figure in a teal bodysuit stands at the center of this January 1995 Image Comics entry, visibly strained and battle-worn, while the full roster of Freak Force assembles around him — including a lion-maned powerhouse, a patriotic armored figure, a caped woman, a dark-haired female hero, and a spiked, golden creature crouching in the foreground. The cover pencils by Victor Bridges and inks by Karl Kesel give the assembled team a gritty, urgent energy that suits a series built around unconventional heroes facing serious stakes. With the city in flames behind them, issue #13 promises the kind of chaotic, high-stakes ensemble action that made Freak Force one of Image's more entertaining team books of the mid-nineties.