Gargoyle #4

The concluding chapter of Marvel's 1985 four-issue limited series arrives with a cover that crackles with urgency — the horned, dark-clad Gargoyle grips a staff in a fierce struggle against a white-robed, white-haired opponent below, both figures bathed in an eruption of fiery red and orange energy. Mark Badger's painted cover art gives the confrontation a raw, almost painterly intensity that feels perfectly suited to a story called "Battlefield!" With J. M. DeMatteis writing and Badger handling both pencils and inks throughout, this finale promises a satisfying close to one of Marvel's more quietly distinctive limited series of the era.