Metamorpho #1

The Element Man is back — and this opening issue of DC's 1993 four-issue miniseries announces his return in style, with Graham Nolan's cover depicting Metamorpho standing confidently atop a giant periodic table, his body a striking patchwork of different elemental materials: purple muscle, woody bark, liquid metal, and flowing gas all coexisting in one remarkable form. That visual alone captures everything that makes the character so singular — a hero literally composed of the building blocks of matter, smirking like he owns the place. Mark Waid and Nolan team up on the story "Like Father Like Son," promising a fresh chapter for one of DC's most visually inventive characters.