Lady Death IV: The Crucible

In the mid-1990s, Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes brought Lady Death to Chaos! Comics for The Crucible, a six-issue miniseries that deepened the supernatural antiheroine's mythos. Following her transformation into a goddess of the underworld, the story pits her against a new pantheon of cosmic threats while exploring the cost of her dark power. This run cemented the character's place in the era's "bad girl" comic boom, with Hughes's lush, gothic art defining her iconic look.