Metamorpho #14

Metamorpho, "The Fab Freak of 1000-and-1 Changes," faces a chaotic onslaught on this 1967 DC cover as the patchwork Element Man — his body a striking mix of orange and purple organic compounds — contends with a pair of green-costumed villains and a mysterious second Metamorpho-like figure, all amid bursts of explosive energy and the ominous title promise: "Enter the Thunderer!" Sal Trapani's cover art packs the composition with motion and menace, from the snarling green attackers in the foreground to the blinding flash at the story's center. At twelve cents, this late-run issue delivers the offbeat Silver Age energy that made Metamorpho one of DC's most delightfully strange heroes of the decade.