Mad-Dog #2

The cover of this 1993 Marvel/Ace Comics release is a visceral, unsettling image: Mad-Dog crouches in a feral, barely-contained pose, his muscular body pierced and restrained by a web of colorful cables and probes — a vivid nod to the subtitle "Pavlov's Response" emblazoned across the top. It's a striking piece of cover art from pencilers Gordon Purcell and Ty Templeton, inked by Ray McCarthy and Ty Templeton, that sells the series' blend of dark humor and Marvel weirdness in a single glance. With interior work from writer Evan Dorkin and artist Gordon Purcell, this second issue of Mad-Dog's solo run promises the kind of sharp, off-kilter storytelling that made this corner of the early '90s Marvel universe genuinely fun to explore.