The Crush #3

In "Million Dollar Smile," the third issue of The Crush (1996), J. C. Pratt finds himself caught in a deadly escalation when Lucian Long betrays him to the violent Squeegee. With his life and the safety of his girlfriend Ally on the line, Pratt must confront the threat head-on—pushing Squeegee off the roof of his own building in a moment of desperate survival. Written by Mike Baron and illustrated by N. Stephen Harris, with inks by Reggie Jones and colors by Christopher Sotomayor, Digital Chameleon, and Jennifer Graves, the issue builds tension with a stark, grounded intensity. The cover, by Walter McDaniel and Charles Drost, captures the moment’s raw stakes.