All-Star Squadron #39

This November 1984 issue puts Amazing-Man front and center — literally thrusting his fist at the reader and declaring "Detroit is Amazing-Man Territory!" as he squares off against the assembled All-Star Squadron in a chaotic, crowd-filling brawl. The cover, penciled by Rick Hoberg and inked by Jerry Ordway, packs in a striking cast including a masked blonde heroine, a silver-skinned robot-like figure, and a pink-costumed woman amid the melee, all erupting against a backdrop of flames and smoke. Roy Thomas's "Nobody Gets Out of Paradise Valley Alive!" promises the kind of street-level, socially charged superhero drama that made this series one of DC's most ambitious wartime adventures.