Adventure Comics #490

Adventure Comics #490 brings the reader-driven "Dial 'H' for Hero" series to a fever pitch with a February 1982 cover by George Pérez and Bob Smith that's hard to ignore. Dominating the scene is a massive, cosmos-dark villain whose star-speckled silhouette looms over a city bridge crowded with onlookers, while a caped hero swoops in from the upper right and a red-haired heroine in yellow stands her ground at lower right — all framed by the ominous tagline "Into the Abyss… and Out Again Into Madness!" True to the series' "The Comic You Create!" spirit, the chaos on display feels genuinely limitless, making this an appealing snapshot of early-'80s DC adventure at its most imaginative.