The Mask Returns #3

Three issues into this four-part Dark Horse series, Doug Mahnke's cover delivers a genuinely unsettling image: a female figure wearing the green Mask, her red dress a vivid contrast against the purple background, unleashing a massive multi-barreled minigun with a glowing, roaring muzzle blast. The combination of that wide, feral grin and the sheer firepower she's wielding captures everything chaotic and darkly funny about the Mask mythos. With John Arcudi and Mahnke driving the story into its penultimate chapter, this 1993 issue is a sharp reminder of why this series earned its devoted following.