Jack Kirby's Fourth World #19

The cover of this September 1998 issue says it all: "Supertown… Resurrected!" — and Walter Simonson's cover art delivers on that promise with a breathtaking image of the gleaming golden cityscape of New Genesis's Supertown being lifted by a massive, powerful hand from the rubble below. Armored New Genesis warriors fly and scramble around the rising city amid spacecraft and churning clouds, capturing the sheer cosmic scale that makes Jack Kirby's Fourth World mythology so compelling. John Byrne carries that grand tradition forward with his script and art in "Genesis Rising," making this a thrilling entry in DC's 1998 revival of the Fourth World saga.