Slingers #9

This August 1999 issue of Marvel's Slingers throws Ricochet headlong into a confrontation with the X-Men villains Nanny and Orphanmaker — the cover by ChrisCross and Rob Stull makes the threat viscerally clear, with the massive, menacing Nanny looming over the action while Orphanmaker and a battered Ricochet trade fire in the foreground. The tagline "With Great Power Must Come Great Responsibility" gives the series its thematic backbone, and the four character portraits in the corner box remind readers that the full Slingers roster is never far away. Writer Joseph Harris and artist ChrisCross are firing on all cylinders for "Loose Ends and Lost Boys," making this a genuinely compelling chapter in one of Marvel's more underrated late-'90s team books.