Doom Patrol #17

Doom Patrol #17 ties into DC's 1988 Invasion! crossover with a "First Strike" extra, and the cover by Graham Nolan plunges readers straight into an underwater battle — a Doom Patrol member in a blue pressure suit charges forward in the foreground while a teammate in a yellow diving suit surges behind him, all set against a chaotic ocean backdrop swarming with alien Gil'dishpan forces. The guest stars are right there in the thick of it: Aquaman, Aqualad, and the Sea Devils visible amid the churning melee, making this one seriously crowded underwater war. Writer Paul Kupperberg assembles an impressive roster for this oceanic clash, and with a title like "From Gil'dishpan…with Doom!" the stakes feel appropriately galactic.