Animal Man #7

From the Morrison, Truog, and Hazlewood team comes this January 1989 installment of DC's acclaimed series, with a striking Brian Bolland cover that tells its own complete story. In the foreground, a weary, elderly figure in a yellow-and-red superhero costume sits slumped on a rooftop ledge, his cape draped behind him — looking less like a triumphant hero than a man carrying the weight of the world. Behind him, a figure in a blue jacket is caught mid-struggle, grappled by the mechanical arms of a blocky red robot amid a burst of impact stars. "The Death of the Red Mask" promises the kind of thoughtful, character-driven storytelling this series delivered so consistently throughout its early run.