The Defenders #148

Mid-1985 Marvel action spills right off the cover of this issue, with the blue-furred Beast locked in a rooftop brawl atop a crashing yellow taxi while armed men rappel down from a hovering military helicopter above. Joining the mayhem is a winged, orange demonic figure swooping in from the left, as a startled bystander looks on from the sidewalk below. Terry Shoemaker and Randy Emberlin pack every inch of this cover with kinetic energy, making "The Kickshaws Consignment" — written by Peter B. Gillis with interior art by Sal Buscema — one of the livelier street-level adventures in the New Defenders' run.