The Phantom #4

The Ghost Who Walks faces genuine peril on Luke McDonnell's striking cover for this 1989 DC series entry — the Phantom stares forward with steely resolve while a hangman's noose encircles his neck, a ring of hooded, armed figures closing in behind him against a backdrop of fire. The stark subtitle "Hate in the U.S.A." signals that writer Mark Verheiden is bringing the legendary pulp hero into sharp confrontation with American social ugliness. It's a tense, atmospheric issue that makes clear the Phantom's fight for justice isn't confined to the jungles of Bangalla.