Valor #22

Part two of DC's "End of an Era" crossover arrives in August 1994, and the cover — penciled by Stuart Immonen and inked by Karl Kesel — immediately communicates a sense of urgent chaos. Valor, in his bold red-and-blue costume, lunges forward as a blue-skinned female hero and a blonde woman are caught up in the commotion, while two alarmed figures react in the background with wide-eyed disbelief. With Kurt Busiek writing and Colleen Doran on interior art, this is a fine entry point into one of DC's most ambitious multi-title storylines of the era.