New Talent Showcase #3

DC's New Talent Showcase #3 from March 1984 delivers a promising 32-page anthology, prominently featuring "Class Trip, Part Three: Dark Side of the Earth" by writer-letterer Todd Klein and artist Scott Hampton. The cover — rendered by a collaborative team including Hampton, Stan Woch, Dan Day, and Geof Isherwood — frames a dynamic central image of a massive, hulking creature amid an explosive burst of orange and black, while a group of young people (a blonde woman, a dark-haired young man, and a bespectacled figure in green) look on, with a hooded figure lurking at the edge and a vivid pink sphere crackling in the chaos. It's a striking showcase of emerging 1984 DC artistry, with the grid-patterned yellow border giving the whole package an energetic, gallery-like feel.