Venom: Nights of Vengeance #1

Part one of a four-issue limited series, this 1994 Marvel release opens Nights of Vengeance with an arresting cover by Ron Lim and Al Milgrom that places both Venom and Vengeance squarely in a targeting reticle — the overlaid readout coldly identifying them as "Human/Symbiote Entity" and "Ectoplasmic Entity," with energy weapons primed and a five-second countdown to discharge. The deep crimson palette and crosshair design give the whole image a chilling, tactical menace, making it clear these two are being hunted by something called the Stalkers. Howard Mackie scripts the opening chapter, "Reprisals in Blood," with Ron Lim on interior art — a solid creative team that ensures this dark, propulsive mini-series gets off to a confident start.