Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5

DC's mystical Atlantean saga reaches an emotionally charged moment in this March 1983 issue, as the cover — penciled and inked by Jan Duursema — shows a visibly anguished Arion cradling a chained, fallen figure in his arms, tears streaking his face while disembodied hands reach out from a web-like mystical barrier behind him. A pale, enigmatic face looms at the top of the image, watching over the scene with an unsettling calm. It's a striking, quietly devastating image that promises high personal stakes to match the sorcerous grandeur of Arion, Lord of Atlantis.