The Shadow #3

Part three of "Shadows and Light" arrives in October 1987, and Bill Sienkiewicz's cover alone signals that this is something special — a cloaked, top-hatted figure of the Shadow looms behind shattered glass as blinding muzzle flashes erupt in the darkness, set against the grim backdrop of what appears to be Hudson Terminal. Andy Helfer and Sienkiewicz's mature-readers take on the Shadow has a painterly, atmospheric intensity here that feels genuinely cinematic. If you've been following this arc, this issue's cover promises the tension is anything but cooling down.