JLA #58

The four-part "Terror Incognita" arc reaches its climax here, with Superman standing battered but unbowed against a fiery, smoke-choked sky — cape streaming, costume scorched, every inch of him radiating hard-won resolve. Behind him, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, and shadowy figures of the broader League rally in the inferno, subtly titled "The Defiant" on this striking Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary cover. Mark Waid and Mike Miller bring this 2001 story to a close with a visual promise of heroes tested to their absolute limits but refusing to yield.