Aquaman #30

Nick Cardy's cover for this December 1966 issue pulls no punches: Aquaman lies motionless in an open casket, his orange-and-green costume unmistakable, while Batman and Superman serve as somber pallbearers alongside a grief-stricken, bandaged figure in purple. Wonder Woman and the Flash are visible among the mourners, and dark funeral drapery frames the scene above the bold, blunt headline — "You Are There for the 'Sea King's Funeral!'" A story titled "The Death of Aquaman" paired with a DC roster assembled in mourning makes this one of the more dramatically charged covers of 1966's Silver Age lineup.