Daredevil #358

Daredevil faces one of his most disorienting foes in this November 1996 issue, as the cover — inked and pencilled by Steve Epting — pits the Man Without Fear against the green-caped, fishbowl-helmeted Mysterio, whose outstretched hand crackles with eerie, reality-warping energy above a crumbling cityscape. Billy club raised and red suit battle-worn, Daredevil looks like he's fighting not just a villain but the very fabric of the world around him, exactly as the cover copy promises: "Reality as we know it crumbles in his grasp." It's a genuinely striking visual matchup that sets a moody, unsettling tone for writer Joe Kelly and artist Pascual Ferry's "After Math.