Big Bang Comics #22

This 1998 Image Comics issue spotlights a gleefully sinister villain — a sharply dressed schemer in a pink bow tie and yellow-tinted glasses — who has managed to trap two costumed heroes behind golden bars. The caged duo, a grey-and-blue masked figure and a green-clad hero, strain against their imprisonment while their captor savors the moment up front, making for a wonderfully retro Silver Age tableau. With a cover by Tom King and an interior story titled "Crime From The Skies!" from writer Gary Carlson and artist Chris Ecker, Big Bang Comics #22 delivers that lovingly crafted homage to comics' golden era that the series does so well.