Hardware #32

A genuinely somber moment for one of Milestone's most compelling heroes — Hardware stands armored and alone in a rain-lashed graveyard before the elaborate tombstone of Edwin Alva, the cover's cover text posing the haunting question: now that his greatest foe is gone, what becomes of Curtis Metcalf's armored alter-ego? The cover art by Mark D. Bright captures the tension of victory without triumph, lightning splitting a turbulent sky above a hero who seems uncertain what to do with his freedom. "Funeral for a Foe" is a fitting subtitle for this 1995 Milestone/DC chapter, written by Dwayne McDuffie with art by Denys Cowan and inks by Prentis Rollins.