G.I. Joe #5

From Image Comics' 2002 run of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, issue #5 drops readers right into the action with a cover by penciler Steve Kurth and inker John Larter that's hard to look away from. A black-clad operative swings into the foreground on a rappel line, pistol blazing with a flash at the muzzle, while a chaotic rooftop plaza sprawls dramatically below him in a dizzying bird's-eye perspective. Titled "Out for Bludd," this one promises exactly the kind of kinetic, no-holds-barred Joe adventure that made this Image era a genuinely fun chapter in the franchise's history.