Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #26

Silver Sable looks genuinely alarmed in the foreground as Sandman — erupting from a mass of rocky, sand-formed spikes — grapples with the heavily armed Trapster in what the cover banner boldly promises is a full-on clash between the two. Steven Butler's linework gives the scene real physical weight, packing three distinct personalities into a single charged composition. "Blood and Sand!" arrives as issue #26 of this mid-nineties Marvel series, with the main story crafted by writer John Arcudi and artist Doug Mahnke — a solid creative pairing for fans of street-level action.