Retaliator

In the early 1990s, Eclipse Comics published this four-issue miniseries, written by Valarie Jones and drawn by Tom Simonton, that follows the adventures of a lone vigilante known as the Retaliator. A gritty, street-level crime story from the independent boom, it stands out for its stark visual storytelling and Jones's tight, noir-influenced scripts. Though brief, the series captured a moment when small press comics could deliver hardboiled action without the constraints of superhero continuity.