Manhunter #4

Subtitled "The Unmasking," this fourth issue from Ostrander and Yale's 1988 run promises a moment of real consequence for DC's armored manhunter. The cover — penciled and inked by Doug Rice — pulls in tight on the blue-masked, angular face of Manhunter as he reaches up to remove his helmet, his expression unreadable, while fragments of colorful costumed figures crowd the edges of the frame around him. It's a striking, intimate composition that makes the title's promise of revelation feel genuinely charged.