Squadron Supreme #11

The penultimate chapter of Mark Gruenwald's landmark twelve-issue limited series arrives with a cover by Paul Ryan and Bob Layton that puts Blue Eagle squarely in the crosshairs — surrounded and restrained by Nighthawk's Renegades, including a green-skinned bruiser, a pink-suited figure, and a white-haired woman in fur trim, while a dark armored figure looms ominously at the edge of the frame. The taunt "Master Menace ain't gonna hurt you…much!" splashed across the cover sets a tense, sardonic tone that feels very much at home in 1986 Marvel. With the story titled "Betrayal," this issue promises exactly the kind of moral complexity that made Squadron Supreme one of the more ambitious superhero narratives of its era.