Justice League International #13

The headline says it all: the Suicide Squad is coming for the Justice League International, and this May 1988 issue makes the collision feel genuinely electric. The cover by Steve Leialoha and Al Gordon packs the frame with combatants — Batman looming large at center, a gun-wielding figure in yellow pressing forward, a caped hawk-themed hero grappling on the right, and a spiked fighter in yellow-and-black crouching at lower left, while a figure in green is hurled through the air on the far left. With story and art from Giffen & DeMatteis, "Collision Course" promises exactly the kind of sharp, character-driven superhero clash this creative team handled so well in 1988.