Hawk and Dove #17

The "Eve of Destruction!" cover says it all — Hawk stands fists clenched on the left, Dove poised elegantly on the right, while a sword-wielding figure and a golden, staff-bearing character crowd the foreground, all framed against a blazing orange backdrop filled with ghostly enemy faces threatening to burst through. The jagged black cracks radiating from the center give the whole composition a sense of reality splintering apart, making this October 1990 issue feel genuinely high-stakes. With cover art by Greg Guler and Karl Kesel, and a creative team of Barbara and Karl Kesel, Guler, and Scott Hanna on the interior, this is a polished entry in DC's fan-favorite duo's ongoing series.