Hawk and Dove #5

The beach is anything but relaxing on this October 1989 cover, where Hawk — in his striking red-and-white costume — trades brutal blows with a massive, bare-chested, blond-haired bruiser identified by the cover copy as Sudden Death, while stunned beachgoers scatter in the background amid flying debris. Cover pencils by Chris Wozniak and inks by Karl Kesel give the brawl a raw, kinetic energy that perfectly captures the chaos of a superhero fight crashing into a sunny summer crowd. The cover also teases a second storyline — "Dove Meets Dove!" — making this issue feel like a double dose of the dynamic that writers Barbara and Karl Kesel bring to the series.