Adventures of Superman #443

The cover by Jerry Ordway says it all — a colossal stone giant clutches a red-haired woman in its crushing grip while Superman rockets upward, fist raised, surging through a burst of energy to meet the threat head-on. That tagline, "Hostage Crisis!", sets the stakes perfectly for the interior story, "Prisoner of Conscience." It's a striking 1988 DC cover that captures the Man of Steel at his most determined, driven by the urgency of rescuing someone helpless against an enemy that dwarfs them both.