The Shadow Strikes #22

The cover of The Shadow Strikes! #22 makes one thing unmistakably clear: Shiwan Khan is triumphant. Eduardo Barreto's artwork presents a caped figure — apparently the Shadow — suspended helplessly within a swirling, otherworldly orb, transfixed by golden rods while a robed, golden-gloved hand in the foreground wields what appears to be a staff, commanding the scene with cool authority. With the creative team of Gerard Jones, Rod Whigham, and Gerry Fernandez delivering the interior story "Simply Everywhere," this 1991 DC issue promises a tense chapter in the Shadow's ongoing struggle against one of his most formidable adversaries.