Hawkman #15

From the October 1987 cover by Richard Howell and Dennis Janke, Hawkman dives at full speed toward a blue car teetering at the edge of a broken wooden fence, its alarmed driver clearly visible through the windshield — a genuinely tense roadside rescue in motion. Hawkgirl sweeps in from the right, surrounded by a dramatic burst of fire and flame, lending the scene an urgency that makes "The Widening Gyre" feel anything but ordinary. The creative team of Mishkin, Howell, and Garzón brings a grounded, kinetic energy to this mid-series issue that fans of the winged duo will find hard to put down.