Hardware #12

Hardware charges into the action on this February 1994 entry from DC's Milestone imprint, the cover by Mark Bright putting the armored hero front and center in his distinctive yellow-and-red helmet, massive mechanical suit crackling with intensity. Alongside him, a cape-clad figure wielding a glowing energy weapon adds to the sense that Hardware isn't working alone this time — the tagline "Got Your Back" making that partnership perfectly clear. With Dwayne McDuffie writing and Rich Buckler on interior art, issue #12 of this celebrated Milestone series promises the kind of sharp storytelling that made the line stand out.