Impulse #39

The cover of Impulse #39 (July 1998) poses a fun challenge right on its banner — "Who Tricks the Trickster?" — as a crowd of colorful civilian teens and townspeople surrounds Impulse himself, who crouches at a small table with crackling energy sparking from his hands. Standing prominently among the onlookers is the Trickster in his eye-catching purple jacket and green-striped pants, arms crossed and looking thoroughly suspicious of the whole situation. Cover art by Craig Rousseau and Wayne Faucher brings a lively, cartoon-sharp energy to this ensemble scene, and with William Messner-Loebs writing alongside artist Rousseau and inker Barbara Kaalberg on interiors, this 1998 issue looks like a genuinely entertaining ride through Manchester, Alabama's most chaotic social circle.