Nightstalkers #16

Part of Marvel's Midnight Sons line, Nightstalkers #16 (1994) delivers a cover that radiates raw, supernatural menace — a massive, skull-faced figure in dark body armor dominates the foreground, bearing down on a fallen opponent amid a churning backdrop of orange flame, while a sword-wielding warrior stands ready in the middle distance. Bill Wylie's cover art (pencils and inks both) captures the team's gritty monster-hunting atmosphere with real kinetic force. "Strange Tales" promises exactly the kind of dark, action-charged storytelling that made the Midnight Sons imprint a distinctive corner of the Marvel universe in 1994.