Reign in Hell #4

The fourth chapter of DC's eight-part infernal epic arrives with a cover by Justiniano and Walden Wong that crackles with hellish energy — a gold-armored warrior wielding a massive trident grapples furiously with a blue-skinned demon amid an erupting, fiery landscape, while a third figure looms in the shadows behind them. "Counterstrike!" promises exactly the kind of escalating conflict the title suggests, with the rubble-strewn backdrop and dynamic three-way tension making it clear that the battle for Hell's throne is far from settled. With Keith Giffen scripting and the art team of Tom Derenick and Bill Sienkiewicz bringing the underworld to vivid, violent life, this 2008 miniseries continues to deliver supernatural mayhem on a genuinely ambitious scale.