Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #5

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, this 2012 issue throws Frankenstein — S.H.A.D.E.'s stitched-together super-agent — headlong into a clash with the powerful OMAC, who hoists the hulking, green-skinned monster clean off his feet amid crackling bolts of electricity on J.G. Jones's kinetic cover. Writer Jeff Lemire teams with artist Alberto Ponticelli to bring this unlikely crossover to life, pitting two of the New 52's more unusual heavy-hitters against each other. If you like your superhero confrontations weird and wonderful, this one delivers exactly that.