Marvel Comics Presents #42

Marvel Comics Presents #42 puts Wolverine front and center in a tense face-off, his adamantium claws sparking against the blade of a powerfully built adversary — and the cover's bold tagline, "Alone Against the Black Shadow!," sets a suitably grim tone for the encounter. Bob Layton's cover pencils and inks deliver a close, kinetic clash between Wolverine and what appears to be a sword-wielding opponent, while a figure in red-and-blue — identifiable as Wonder Man — looms prominently in the background alongside a smaller inset hinting at another character's presence. Rounding out this 1990 anthology package, the Wonder Man and the Enchantress banner at the bottom signals that this issue is packed with more Marvel action beyond Jo Duffy and Chris Tsuda's "Village of Blood!" chapter of the Black Shadow story.