Adventures of Superman #493

Part one of "The Blaze/Satanus War" arrives in this August 1992 installment, and the cover by Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood wastes no time setting the stakes — Superman strains with every muscle to grapple with a massive, flame-wreathed demonic figure amid an explosion of fire, smoke, and debris. Red clawed hands reaching from the foreground suggest the chaos extends in every direction, framing the Man of Steel as outnumbered and outmatched in scale if not in spirit. Jerry Ordway, Grummett, and Hazlewood kick off a four-part supernatural conflict that promises Superman facing something far darker than his usual fare.