Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #36

The desert horizon sets a tense stage on this September 1992 entry in Archie's long-running series, as Leonardo and Donatello stand ready for battle in the background while the foreground is dominated by a massive armored figure gripping gleaming sai — the blades catching the light with unmistakable menace. Cover pencils by Peter Laird and inks by Jon D'Agostino give the composition a striking sense of scale, with the looming threat dwarfing the two Turtles behind it. "Steel Breeze" promises exactly the kind of sharp-edged confrontation this cover so effectively teases.