Talent Showcase #17

DC's Talent Showcase was the proving ground for tomorrow's creators, and issue #17 from 1985 puts that spirit on full display with a cover by Stan Woch. The scene crackles with tension — a red-haired figure in a star-field costume clashes with a massive grey powerhouse while a squad of green-uniformed soldiers closes in with weapons raised, all set against an alien landscape beneath a swirling cosmic anomaly in the sky. A strange reptilian skull rests in the foreground, hinting at the otherworldly stakes of the feature story, "The Death of Me Yet...," brought to life by the creative team of Alan Rowlands, Tom Grindberg, Creig Flessel, Adam Phillips, and Darla Woron.