Hardware #13

Hardware dives headlong into chaos on this March 1994 issue from Milestone/DC, the cover by Wilfred Santiago and John Stanisci sending the armored hero plummeting in full battle gear — chains, weaponry, and all — toward a cityscape below while a massive explosion erupts behind him. The dynamic, nearly vertical composition makes the whole cover feel like a controlled free-fall through a warzone, perfectly suited to a story subtitled "Day at the Beach." With Dwayne McDuffie writing and Denys Cowan on interior art, this is Milestone's sharp, kinetic storytelling firing on all cylinders.