The Ray #27

The concluding chapter of "Time and Tempest" arrives in September 1996, and the cover by Jason Armstrong and Drew Geraci makes a striking case for the stakes involved. The Ray surges forward in his black-and-yellow costume, hands outstretched and expression strained, while a younger blond figure looks on in alarm behind him — and beneath his grip, a white-haired figure appears to be literally disintegrating into skull and smoke, underscoring the ominous tagline "Fading Out!" Writer Christopher Priest brings this three-part arc to its "Requiem" with a cover that promises both urgency and consequence.