The Defenders #130

This April 1984 issue of The New Defenders closes out with a cover that's genuinely striking in its painterly mood — a towering, determined blonde woman dominates the crimson background, gripping a massive sword, while a smaller armored figure rides a winged white horse through the air before her. Frank Cirocco's cover art gives the whole scene an almost mythic, oil-painting quality that sets it apart from typical superhero fare of the era. With J. M. DeMatteis writing and Mike Zeck on interior art, "And in the End!" promises the kind of thoughtful, dramatic storytelling this creative team brought to everything they touched.