The Hawk and the Dove #3

A rooftop scene crackles with tension on this January 1968 DC issue, as the Dove pleads "No, no — don't shoot!!" while grappling with a dark-clad figure, a purple-costumed gunman takes aim in the background, and the Hawk scrambles up from below shouting a warning to stop the Cat — not the police. Gil Kane's fluid, dynamic linework gives the cover a real sense of kinetic urgency, with the city skyline dropping away beneath the heroes' feet. With Steve Skeates scripting and Kane handling both pencils and inks, The Hawk and the Dove #3 captures the brothers' conflicting instincts — one ready to fight, one desperate to hold back — in a single charged image.