Aquaman #39

Brian Bolland's cover for this April 2006 issue places Aquaman front and center, surging upward through murky water in his signature orange scale armor and green gloves, expression fierce with determination. Surrounding him is a vivid menagerie of sea life — a fanged deep-sea fish, a dark manta-like creature, a spiny lionfish, a crab, and a curling octopus — making the ocean feel genuinely alive and untamed. Written by John Arcudi with interior art by Freddie E. Williams II, "The End Has No End" promises the kind of undersea tension that reminds you Aquaman's world is one of the most compelling in all of DC.