Heroes #6

From DC's Milestone imprint in 1996, Heroes #6 — subtitled "Showdown" — delivers a cover by ChrisCross that pulls no punches: a bloodied, golden-haired hero in a red-and-blue costume is caught in the crushing grip of massive mechanical arms, her expression one of raw, defiant anguish. Looming in the background, a smaller figure in red watches the desperate struggle unfold. With a creative team including Matt Wayne, Keith Pollard, and Rey Garcia, this issue promises the kind of high-stakes superhero drama that made Milestone one of the most compelling publishers of the mid-1990s.