Captain Atom #6

Captain Atom looks positively tiny — and that's the point — as Pat Broderick's cover places the silver-skinned hero dead center, arms outstretched, while a massive, multi-headed serpentine monster looms over him with gaping, fang-filled jaws threatening to consume him whole. The sheer scale of the threat against DC's nuclear-powered hero makes for a genuinely striking image from the 1987 series by Bates, Broderick, and Smith. If you enjoy stories where the odds feel truly overwhelming, "A Piece of the Lie" looks like a compelling place to dive in.