Icon #9

Part of DC/Milestone's "Shadow War" crossover, this January 1994 issue puts Icon front and center in a powerful close-up — fists forward, green cape billowing dramatically behind him as flames erupt all around, with the tagline "The Big Bang Was Just the Beginning…" setting a suitably charged tone. Walt Simonson's cover pencils and inks bring a raw, kinetic energy to Milestone's powerhouse hero that's hard to look away from. Writer Dwayne McDuffie and artist M. D. Bright deliver "Shadow of a Doubt," making this a compelling chapter in one of the most ambitious superhero universes of the 1990s.