Hardware #42

Part of DC's Milestone imprint, Hardware #42 arrives in 1996 with a cover — penciled and inked by Prentis Rollins — that commands immediate attention: a massively armored figure dominates the foreground, red-visored helmet snarling above riveted white plating, while a second mechanized combatant looms in the background amid swirling, chaotic energy. The arc title "Dead Man's Hand" sets a tense, high-stakes mood that pairs perfectly with the raw power on display. John Rozum scripts the interior story, "A Dead Man Tells His Tale," promising the kind of hard-edged drama that made Milestone's Hardware one of the most distinctive superhero books of the 1990s.