Nexus: The Wages of Sin

In the mid-1990s, writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude returned to Dark Horse with this four-issue miniseries, a standalone chapter in the ongoing saga of their cosmic vigilante. Here, the guilt-ridden Nexus must confront the moral weight of his executions, as the "wages of sin" take on a literal, haunting form. Baron's sharp, philosophical scripting and Rude's clean, dynamic linework distill the core tension of the series: the burden of a man who kills the galaxy's worst to atone for his own past. It's a focused, character-driven story that reminds readers why this independent classic endures.