Brightest Day #22

Firestorm squares off against the towering Anti-Monitor on this striking 2011 cover by Gary Frank, with the Nuclear Man unleashing blazing energy against the massive armored colossus amid a swirling pink cosmic backdrop. The sheer scale between the two combatants — Firestorm's flames brilliant against the Anti-Monitor's cold, glowing eyes — makes for a genuinely arresting image. With Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi co-writing and a murderer's row of artists including Ivan Reis, Scott Clark, and Joe Prado on interiors, Brightest Day #22 delivers the kind of high-stakes DC spectacle that made this series such an event.