Thriller #10

A menacing face fills a sniper's crosshairs at the center of this September 1984 DC issue, while three figures — two men and a woman in trench coats — stand in the foreground against a swirling, densely painted backdrop of fantastical creatures and vivid color. The contrast between Alex Niño's stark black-and-white character work and that wild, psychedelic painted background gives the cover a genuinely striking tension. With a chapter title like "Seven Seconds to Armageddon," Thriller #10 promises the kind of high-stakes espionage energy that made this series a bold experiment in 1984 DC publishing.