Adventures of Superman #535

This June 1996 issue of Adventures of Superman sports a cover by Stuart Immonen and José Marzán Jr. that juggles an unsettling mix of elegance and chaos — in the foreground, a tuxedo-clad Lex Luthor locks eyes with a woman in an evening gown as something glows between their hands, while behind them alarmed onlookers react to a fiery explosion in the sky where a yellow-and-black winged figure soars amid the smoke. The cover tagline "Toasted!" and the story title "Love and War" hint at a collision of high-society intrigue and all-out action that Karl Kesel, Immonen, and Marzán bring to life across this issue. It's a genuinely intriguing composition that makes you want to flip straight to page one.