JSA #26

The Justice Society's heavy hitters crowd around their emblematic round table on this September 2001 cover penciled and inked by Rags Morales — Hawkman stands front and center, wings spread and chest bared, flanked by a roster that includes Hawkgirl, Sand, Doctor Mid-Nite, Atom Smasher, Green Lantern Alan Scott, the Flash, Stargirl with her small owl companion, and more. It's a confident assembly portrait that captures the team's mix of old-guard gravitas and fresh energy, setting an intriguing tone for a story titled "Who Do You Trust?" With Geoff Johns writing and Morales on interior art as well, this issue delivers the kind of character-driven superhero storytelling the JSA series did so well in 2001.