JLA #83

The "Stream of Subconsciousness!" cover by Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen sets an unsettling tone for this September 2003 issue, with Superman standing tall at the center, encircled by a churning crimson vortex, while the fallen forms of the Flash, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, and other League members lie scattered across a hellish landscape below. Massive, grotesque green hands claw up from the foreground, adding to the surreal dread of the scene. Joe Kelly's "American Nightmare" arc, brought to life by artist Chris Cross and inker Tom Nguyen, promises the kind of psyche-bending threat that puts even Earth's greatest heroes flat on their backs.