Booster Gold #7

The cover of this August 1986 issue says it all: Superman has Booster Gold firmly in his grip, driving him into the ground while a third armored figure looms in the background — and the cover's own cheeky caption, "Guess Who's Winning?", makes it clear the Man of Tomorrow is not impressed with DC's flashiest new hero. Dan Jurgens and Mike DeCarlo deliver a wonderfully dynamic image that pits the gold-and-blue newcomer against one of comics' most powerful benchmarks, promising a story aptly titled "The Lesson." If you've been following Booster's rise through 1986, this is the issue where the DC Universe's pecking order gets tested in the most direct way possible.