The New Warriors #18

The tagline says it all — "The Brutal Betrayal of…" — as this December 1991 issue of The New Warriors puts the team's future in serious jeopardy. The cover by Mark Bagley and Larry Mahlstedt delivers the tension vividly: Thrasher, black-suited and blade in hand, faces off against the shirtless, imposing Chord atop a rooftop, the two clearly having reached a violent breaking point. When the Warriors' own inner circle fractures this dramatically, Fabian Nicieza's story about the secrets of the Taylor Foundation promises to hit closer to home than any outside threat could.