Speedball #4

Speedball #4 brings "The Ghost of Springdale High" to life with a cover by Steve Ditko and Dan Adkins that's as kinetic as its hero — a massive, brain-textured ghostly face dominates the scene while Speedball bounces through a swirl of colorful energy rings, with a crowd of onlookers and a newspaper layout naming "Murder Suspects" adding a genuinely intriguing mystery angle. Ditko's signature visual energy is on full display here, blending the supernatural and the superheroic in a way that feels distinctly his own. Billed as Speedball's first full-length adventure, this 1988 Marvel issue promises the bouncing blockbuster at his most spirited.