Out There #11

Two figures stand defiantly before a roaring bonfire while a field of unconscious or fallen bodies stretches across the foreground — it's a striking, unsettling image that captures the desperate, road-weary tone of Out There at its most intense. Brian Augustyn's "Chasing Shadows" chapter of "The Road to El Dorado" arc promises high stakes, and Humberto Ramos and Sandra Hope deliver a cover that feels both foreboding and strangely triumphant. Published under DC's Cliffhanger! imprint in 2002, this is the kind of issue that reminds you why this series earned its devoted following.