Jack Kirby's Fourth World #5

John Byrne's 1997 continuation of Jack Kirby's cosmic mythology reaches a fever pitch with issue #5, subtitled "Holy War!" — and Walter Simonson's cover delivers on that promise in full. A gold-and-purple armored warrior surges dramatically downward, clutching a fallen foe by the wrist amid a chaos of energy blasts, scattered debris, and a battlefield swarming with armored soldiers in the background. It's a genuinely thrilling image of New Gods-scale conflict, with Simonson's dynamic linework giving every element a sense of unstoppable momentum.