Hazard #1

Image Comics launches this 1996 series with a cover that immediately establishes a brooding, street-level tone — a dark-haired man in a jacket grips a pistol in a gloved hand while a second firearm rests across his shoulder, his gaze cast downward against a vivid pink-and-green backdrop. The cover pencils by Jim Lee, inked by Troy Hubbs, give the figure a tense, coiled energy that promises a gritty action story. With Jeff Mariotte writing and Roy Allan Martinez on interior art, Hazard #1 is a solid entry point into one of Image's more grounded mid-'90s thrillers.