Nomad #19

The Faustus Affair reaches its conclusion in Nomad #19 (1993), and Michael Golden's cover captures the chaos beautifully — Nomad armed and gritting his teeth in the foreground, Captain America leaping in shield-first behind him, and a child caught wide-eyed in the middle of an eruption of bizarre, tendril-like energy. Golden's dynamic linework gives the whole scene a frantic, kinetic energy that pulls you right into the action. With Fabian Nicieza scripting and Bill Wylie on interior art, this is a solid chapter in one of Marvel's more underrated early-'90s street-level series.