Invincible #3

The cover of this 2003 Image Comics series captures the teen-hero premise perfectly — the tagline ("Girls, acne, homework, super-villains. When you're a teenager, it helps to be...") sets a knowing, humorous tone before the action even registers. Cory Walker's cover art throws Invincible in his yellow-and-blue costume headfirst into a swarm of green-skinned alien attackers, while a caped, mustachioed adult hero battles alongside him in the thick of the melee. It's a confident, energetic visual that balances the book's mix of everyday teenage chaos and full-throttle superhero action.