L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #24

Lobo dominates this 1991 DC issue with a face-splitting grin as he crushes the helmeted head of a hapless alien adversary — whose panicked "GURK!" says everything about how this encounter is going. The cover tagline "He'll Make You Smile!" is a perfectly sinister bit of dark humor from cover artist Gary Leach, whose detailed linework makes Lobo's gleeful menace genuinely unsettling. With Alan Grant writing and Jim Fern on interior art, L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #24 promises the kind of irreverent, action-packed sci-fi that made this series a standout on DC's 1991 shelf.