Leave It to Chance #7

This seventh issue of Image/Homage's Leave It to Chance presents a genuinely gripping cover by Paul Smith: young Chance is bound in thick rope and struggling in churning ocean waves, a tall-masted sailing ship visible in the stormy distance, while a massive, leering supernatural face looms ghost-like across the night sky above her. It's a striking image that captures the series' blend of youthful adventure and real supernatural menace without pulling any punches. With James Robinson's writing and Smith's linework backed by George Freeman's inks and Jeromy Cox's colors, this 1997 issue looks like a thoroughly satisfying chapter in one of the era's most charming all-ages adventure series.