This issue has a lot of questions and few answers.  Ray Terrill bumps into his cousin Hank Terrill at his father's funeral.  Ray had only just discovered that his father was the superhero known as the Ray and for some reason Hank knows it too and convinces him to see if he has his father's power.  Ray grew up in literal darkness unable to control his power.  Ray has no idea why this is because he was told he had an allergy to light.  He also pines for Jenny Jurden a girl he grew up with.  She was the love of his life having not met any other girls.  She is also very sweet and wasn't scared of Ray and treated him kindly.  Now that Ray has control of his powers he goes and sees her but there are others who are watching him including it seems his father whom Ray believes is dead.

Our story begins with a tall, blond cowboy dismounting from his horse, Apache; to investigate a cry for help. The cowboy finds two bushwhackers assaulting an old man’s ranch; and quickly disarmed them two shots from his gun, fired with uncanny accuracy! Unfortunately, before the cowboy could completely subdue the bushwhackers, one of them got the drop on the old man and shot him in the back.

The queens of the night return in a monster sized 64 page debut issue of vampire love and loss! The Ravening have been spoken of in hushed whispers for twenty years and are now reborn with an all-new tale of darkness from seasoned writer Jai Nitz and illustrator Jack Jadson! In Hellina #1, she flexed her power as the adjudicator of Hell and swept through the underworld, ending many dynasties. The vampire lords of House Morcego and House Volmaan were lost to Hellina's wrath and their daughters Izzy and Corrie are struggling with how to keep them from collapsing in the chaos. Merging with another house seems the only option, so these two lovers defy all the rules and marry each other to unite their clans. But can their young blood survive the many threats now closing in around them as a horde of Satyrs target their weakness? It's a seductively sexy look at a new kind of underworld now living in the shadows. To top it off, we include two of the very first Ravening stories from 1997, in color for the first time, as well as a cover gallery of some of the classic covers of the past!

Ravager is a legacy name of super-villains and anti-heroes, usually associated with Slade Wilson alias Deathstroke the Terminator. It was originally the alter-ego of his son Grant Wilson while working as a mercenary for H.I.V.E. assigned to kill the Teen Titans until his death. Bill Walsh, a terrorist responsible for slitting Jericho's throat as a child, later used the identity to attack Deathstroke by taking advantage of his vulnerability. Slade's half-brother Wade LaFarge also used the identity to target him, although he was later killed for this. Rose Wilson, anti-hero and daughter of Slade, later begins using the name as a member of the Teen Titans. Ravager was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, first appearing in New Teen Titans #1

Ten years have passed since Stephen Thorn's fiancée vanished without a trace, and he has grown into a prominent, if bitter, victim's rights crusader. Despite the cold trail and lack of leads, he stubbornly refuses to give up the search. And then...he begins to hear her voice in the strangest of places.

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What is the answer? Vic Sage doesn't know for sure but he's going to continue asking tough questions as the Question returns in THE QUESTION QUARTERLY. One of the most critically acclaimed series of the late 1980s, THE QUESTION spent 36 issues probing the darker side of human nature in strifetorn Hub City. Now the faceless hero of the masses is back in a quarterly series that finds Vic living in the Amazon rain forest, continuing the ongoing drama of his fight for humanity. #1 picks up with Sage pondering the value of human life as he's forced to decide if he can take a life in order to save another.

Also popular was O'Neil's recommended reading list featured in the letters column that featured a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction.

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Marvel presents the official comic book adaptation of their latest big-screen blockbuster starring John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Thomas Jane as Frank Castle, the Punisher!

Garth Ennis finally lets loose to take Punisher to the MAX -- literally -- as the hunter becomes the hunted! No more pulled punches, no more dialing it down.

The issue opens in the midst of a stand off. A police officer has been shot and his female partner is used as a human shield by a crazed snitch of the Punisher. The Punisher shoots the man nicking the woman in the arm. She checks on the other officer and the Punisher walks over to his snitch and executes him. As the Punisher moves to leave she tries to arrest him. He tells her to do what she thinks is right and walks away. She makes no effort to stop him and later refuses to give a comment to the press.

Frank has plans to go to the park where his family was killed but must handle a mobster situation first.

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Someone is running a drug ring out a high school. Frank tries to play it cool to see who it is but violent erupts.

Showing off all of the weapons at Frank Castle's disposal.

FRANK CASTLE LOSES CONTROL! A by-the-numbers drug bust is about to take Frank Castle by surprise…and he HATES surprises. The horrible fallout threatens to send The Punisher into the heart of darkness, but Castle won't make that journey alone: A DEA agent is on his trail and attempting to get into his head…but what horrors will she find there, and will she survive the experience?