Heroes for Hire #6

Broken Bonds" reaches its conclusion in this December 1997 Marvel issue, and the cover by Pascual Ferry and Jaime Mendoza makes the stakes unmistakably clear — Luke Cage and a white-suited hero fight back-to-back against a swarming horde of Deviants, while a massive, grinning monstrous figure looms ominously in the background. The Heroes for Hire are completely surrounded, outnumbered, and still swinging, which is exactly the kind of chaotic energy that makes this team so compelling. With Ostrander, Ferry, and Mendoza on board, this two-part arc looks like a wild ride right up to its final page.