Adventures of Superman #517

Part three of the 1994 "Dead Again" crossover event, this issue drops Superman straight into a "Death-Trap!" — and the cover by K. Kesel, Kitson, and McCarthy makes the stakes feel viscerally real. A battered, grimacing Superman in his classic blue-and-red suit is pinned against a crumbling stone wall, the massive cracked letters spelling out "DEATH TRAP" framing him like a closing vice. It's a striking, kinetic image that captures the Man of Steel at his most vulnerable, making this mid-crossover chapter feel like essential reading.