Supreme #3

The cover of this 1993 Image series sets a brutal, kinetic tone — Supreme looms in the foreground, his white-and-red costume and golden gauntlets impossible to miss, while a heavily armored figure and a grizzled, bloodied combatant crowd the background alongside what appears to be a massive weapons platform. A tagline announces "Enter: Bloodstrike," promising a collision of powerhouses that fits perfectly with the raw, muscle-and-chrome energy Brian Murray brings to the pencils and inks. With "No Mercy" as the story title, Supreme #3 delivers exactly the kind of hard-hitting early-Image superhero action fans were hungry for in 1993.