Adventures of Superman Annual #4

Part of DC's 1992 "Eclipso: The Darkness Within" crossover event, this oversized annual pits a darkly corrupted Man of Steel against an unlikely coalition of heroes. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti's cover captures the chaos brilliantly — a wild-eyed, Eclipso-possessed Superman grapples with the chain-wielding Lobo while a flaming-skulled figure looms in the background, the cover copy promising "Guy Gardner, Lobo, and many more" taking on the eclipsed hero in what it boldly bills as "The Penultimate Battle Supreme." Robert Loren Fleming and Bob McLeod deliver the interior story "In Blackest Night," making this a memorable entry in one of 1992's most ambitious DC events.