Showcase '94 #2

Issue two of DC's Showcase '94 anthology puts the Clown Prince of Crime front and center, and Kevin O'Neill's cover makes a genuinely unsettling impression — a full-color Joker looms large in his purple suit, clutching what appears to be a small blade while his fractured reflection multiplies across shattered panels below, each fragment offering a slightly different, equally unnerving angle on that green hair and jagged grin. The repeating-mirror composition gives the whole thing a funhouse-hall quality that suits "King Joker" perfectly, and the Blue Beetle and Gunfire banners promise this anthology has more than one reason to pick it up. For a 1994 dollar-ninety-five, this is a sharp showcase of O'Neill's distinctively angular linework at its most menacing.