Metamorpho #17

A courtroom gone hostile sets the stage for Metamorpho, The Element Man #17, as the Element Man — pale-faced and in his distinctive orange-and-white form — is surrounded by a mob of grasping, shadowy figures while a yellow-robed judge looms above, declaring him guilty on sight. Metamorpho's own anguished speech bubble — "Yeah… I'm guilty… GUILTY!" — gives this Jack Sparling cover a gut-punch of despair that perfectly sets up the story "Last Mile for an Element Man!" Bob Haney's writing and Sparling's expressive linework made this 1968 DC series a genuinely compelling corner of the Silver Age.