Stormwatch #40

Three armored combatants dominate this Tom Raney and Randy Elliott cover: a silver-suited woman wreathed in fire hovers at the top, a red-costumed male figure surges forward alongside her, and a red-haired woman in pink armor crouches in the foreground clutching both a blade and a firearm. Warren Ellis was well into his run reshaping Stormwatch by this October 1996 issue, and the cover's raw energy makes it easy to see why the series commanded attention during this era of Image Comics.