G.I. Joe: Frontline #3

Against a blood-red sky and crumbling fortress backdrop, three armed figures charge forward in a desperate firefight — a soldier in camouflage and beret, a civilian-looking redhead with a pistol, and a black-clad operative firing in the foreground, debris exploding all around them. Dave Dorman's painted cover for this 2002 Image title captures the chaos and urgency of "Assault on the Silent Castle" with real kinetic force. With Larry Hama writing and Dan Jurgens on interior art, G.I. Joe: Frontline #3 promises the kind of tightly wound military action this franchise does best.