Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #16

Set against a frozen, windswept landscape, Al Milgrom's cover for this 1977 DC series puts Richard Dragon right in the thick of a brutal winter brawl — two fur-clad fighters sent flying by his devastating kicks while a towering, helmeted giant looms ominously in the background. The cover copy promises a confrontation with "The Doom Seer" in the wastes of the north, and the frigid setting gives the action a real sense of isolation and danger. Denny O'Neil and Ric Estrada bring their martial-arts storytelling chops to this chilling chapter of one of DC's most underrated 1970s action titles.