G.I. Joe #12

Three figures dominate this striking Image Comics cover — a long-haired warrior gripping a blade, a powerfully built bald man looming large behind them, and a determined woman raising a pistol — all poised against a radiant, desert-hued backdrop that crackles with tension. It's the third chapter of "Malfunction!", and the cover art by Joe Benitez and Joe Weems delivers a confident charge of energy that fits right in with the bold, action-forward tone of this 2002 run. With Josh Blaylock writing and Kevin Sharpe on interior art, this issue is a solid entry in Image's ambitious reimagining of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.