The Spirit #15

Beauty-queen glamour collides with masked-hero intrigue on Bruce Timm's cover for this April 2008 installment of Will Eisner's Spirit. A radiant "Miss Eu—" titleholder beams and waves in her crown and sash, bouquet of yellow roses in hand, while the Spirit lurks behind her in his signature blue suit and domino mask — and a gloved hand from the shadows levels a pistol at the scene. Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, and Paul Smith bring "The Diamond Exchange" to life inside, promising the kind of wit and street-level adventure that makes this DC revival such a pleasure.