The Ray #13

The armored villain Deathmasque looms enormous against a backdrop of space and a crumbling, explosion-wracked Earth in this striking June 1995 issue — his massive purple claws outstretched and glowing red eyes radiating pure menace. Cover pencils by Howard Porter and inks by Robert Jones make the threat feel genuinely planetary in scale, and the bold tagline "In Deathmasque's Deadly Grip!" leaves little doubt that the stakes couldn't be higher. With writer Christopher Priest and artist Howard Porter driving the series, The Ray #13 promises the kind of high-energy DC storytelling that made mid-'90s superhero comics such a wild ride.