The Phantom #3

The third chapter of DC's 1988 four-part mini-series finds Lee Falk's purple-clad Ghost Who Walks in serious trouble — shackled at the wrists with heavy chains, yet clearly fighting back with raw, muscular determination as cascading water crashes around him. Joe Orlando's pencils and Dave Gibbons' inks give the cover a wonderfully kinetic energy, the chains mid-snap and the Phantom's fist driving forward with real force. Peter David, Orlando, and Dennis Janke bring their take on this classic action hero to a head — "In Over Their Heads!" promises exactly the kind of high-stakes, all-or-nothing drama the cover delivers.