RoboCop #22

Part 2 of the "Beyond the Law!" arc arrives in this December 1991 Marvel entry, with Lee Sullivan's cover putting the tension front and center: a menacing, elaborately armored samurai-styled villain dominates the composition, wielding a twisted rope or whip, while the ghostly faces of two civilians loom in the smoky background — and RoboCop himself surges up from the foreground, battered but unbowed. The contrast between the cyborg lawman and this vividly costumed antagonist makes for a striking visual showdown. Simon Furman and Sullivan together give this ongoing series a genuinely cinematic energy that fans of the franchise will appreciate.