The Vigilante #39

The Vigilante means business on this striking March 1987 cover by Jim Starlin, where the masked, black-and-blue-clad hero slams a frightened blond man against a crumbling brick wall, gun pressed into his chest, demanding to know "Where are the children?" It's a tense, visceral image that sets up Paul Kupperberg's story — titled "Mommy Said Never Talk to Strangers...!" — with unmistakable urgency. DC's mature-readers label is well-earned here, and fans of gritty street-level drama will find plenty to draw them in.