The Ray #24

Issue #24 of DC's The Ray arrives in June 1996 with a cover tagline of "Savage Doom!" that sets an appropriately grim tone. Parks's cover art puts the Ray — gold-and-black costumed, a ball of light energy crackling in his fist — crouched over a bloodied, long-haired figure sprawled across what appears to be a "Vandal S—" sign, while an ominous armed silhouette looms in the background. With writer Christopher Priest and artist Jason Armstrong steering the story titled "The Fall," this mid-series chapter looks like an intense, street-level chapter for the light-powered hero.