Supreme Power #4

From Marvel's MAX imprint in 2004, this fourth issue of J. Michael Straczynski's mature-readers series presents a quietly menacing cover by Gary Frank — a figure in a sleek black suit and bird-beaked mask looms out of the darkness, glowing amber eyes fixed on the reader, a small luminous throwing star poised in one outstretched hand. The atmosphere is all shadow and controlled threat, perfectly suited to a story titled "Assumed Names," where identity and concealment feel like the whole game. Gary Frank's painted-style linework and Jon Sibal's inks give the image a cinematic weight that makes this installment of Supreme Power hard to set back on the shelf.