Justice League America #39

A massive pink-skinned villain dominates this June 1990 cover, his clawed hand crushing a green-skinned figure amid the chaos of a crumbling cityscape — and he's staring straight at you with the pointed challenge, "What are YOU looking at?" It's a wonderfully confrontational moment, rendered with sharp, kinetic energy by cover artists Adam Hughes and Joe Rubinstein. With Giffen and DeMatteis at the helm of a story titled "Blow Up," this issue promises exactly the kind of offbeat tension and bravado that made their Justice League America run so engaging.