Suicide Squad #46

A masked, bare-chested figure hurls himself across the cover of this October 1990 issue, driving a bladed weapon into a swarm of enormous, yellow-green scorpions with claws raised and stingers poised — pure kinetic danger rendered in sharp, dynamic lines by cover artist Geof Isherwood. The title "Choice of Evils" fits the cover's mood perfectly: this is someone who's leapt straight into the worst possible situation and seems to prefer it that way. With John Ostrander and Kim Yale steering the story and Luke McDonnell and Geof Isherwood handling the interiors, Suicide Squad #46 delivers the gritty, high-stakes energy that made this series one of DC's most compelling reads in 1990.