Adventures of Superman #458

Something deeply unsettling is afoot in Adventures of Superman #458 (September 1989), where the cover by Dan Jurgens and Jerry Ordway presents a genuinely eerie image: Superman looms behind a panicked young man in a bow tie, both figures stretching their arms outward in an almost puppet-like symmetry against a sickly green background. The visual tension between the Man of Steel's blank, wide-eyed expression and the civilian's anguished scream suggests a disturbing loss of control over body and will. With writing by George Pérez and Dan Jurgens and interior art by Jurgens inked by Klaus Janson, this is a strong chapter from Superman's late-'80s era that promises something far stranger than a typical super-hero confrontation.