Superpatriot #3

The cover of this October 1993 Image series finale delivers an arresting image: a battered, heavily mechanized figure sporting American flag markings dominates the foreground, enmeshed in twisted yellow robotic limbs amid a backdrop of rubble and onlookers. Dave Johnson's cover art captures a sense of brutal chaos, with a downed figure in the lower foreground and a suited bystander watching from the edge of the wreckage. With writing from Keith Giffen and Erik Larsen powering the series, this third issue brings the four-color carnage of early Image comics to a satisfying head.