JLA #113

Superman and Wonder Woman are blasted by searing energy blasts beneath a massive alien spacecraft, while a third figure — partially visible at the lower left — watches the carnage unfold against a star-filled sky. Ron Garney's cover for JLA #113 conveys the full weight of a story titled "Syndicate Rules, Part Seven: Worlds in the Balance," suggesting the League is being pushed to its absolute limits. Kurt Busiek's seven-part saga reaches this penultimate chapter with the stakes written all over every strained muscle and crackling bolt of lightning on display.