Hawk and Dove #22

Issue #22 of DC's Hawk and Dove (March 1991) brings the villain Sudden Death front and center — literally — as his grinning, blonde-haired face fills the cover, fists thrust toward the reader against a blazing orange-and-red background, the shredded costumes of Hawk and Dove barely visible at his sides. His gleeful speech bubble — "They blowed up real good!" — sets a menacing yet darkly comic tone that writers Barbara and Karl Kesel clearly relished. Cover pencils by Steve Erwin and inks by Karl Kesel make this a striking, in-your-face composition that promises serious trouble for the duo shown in the upper corner still fighting on.