Justice League Task Force #17

A brooding, rain-soaked menace dominates this November 1994 issue of Justice League Task Force, as a massive, skull-faced figure looms over what appear to be grasping, frozen hands emerging from below — the word "SAVAGERY" dripping down the side in blood-red letters that set the tone immediately. Sal Velluto and Jeff Albrecht deliver a cover that's all dread and muscle, rendered in a stark near-monochromatic palette that makes those glowing red eyes genuinely unsettling. Kicking off "Savage Legacy, Chapter One: Parts Is Parts!" with writer Mark Waid at the helm, this is the kind of chapter-one cover that makes you want to find out exactly what — or who — is being unleashed.