Hawkworld #31

Deathsong" sets an unmistakably grim tone for the penultimate chapter of "Flight's End," and Tim Truman's cover delivers on that promise with haunting force — Hawkman's skeletal hawk-mask stares out with hollow green eyes, golden wings spread wide behind it, while a crossed pistol, blade, and wilting flower rest below in a makeshift memorial arrangement. It's a striking memento mori that suggests the six-part arc is heading somewhere genuinely consequential. John Ostrander, Truman, and Timothy Bradstreet were crafting some of DC's most atmospheric work in early 1993, and this issue wears that ambition right on its cover.