Crisis on Infinite Earths #9

Part nine of Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, and Jerry Ordway's ambitious 12-part maxi-series arrives in December 1985 with a cover that makes an immediate statement: dozens of DC's most recognizable villains — including Cheetah, Brainiac, Deathstroke, Captain Cold, and a white-winged figure crackling with lightning at the center — surge forward in an overwhelming wave of menace. Pérez's self-inked artwork packs the composition to its edges with an astonishing roster of antagonists, conveying the sense that the entire villainous DC universe has mobilized at once. "War Zone" promises exactly what its title suggests, and this cover delivers that threat in vivid, chaotic style.