Adventures of Superman #436

Part of DC's 1988 Millennium crossover event, this Week 3 tie-in presents a genuinely unsettling image: Superman rendered completely helpless, his body upside-down and limp as a crowd of bystanders looms over him, his famous "S" shield facing skyward in a moment of striking vulnerability. Jerry Ordway both pencils and inks the cover, delivering a composition that feels urgent and grounded — the Man of Steel brought low against a backdrop of ordinary people who can do nothing to help. With Byrne, Ordway, and Beatty collaborating on the interior story "Junk," this issue captures the crossover era at its most genuinely tense.