Metamorpho: Year One #3

Part three of DC's six-issue "Treasure Quest" finds Metamorpho in a desperate grapple with a pale, white-haired figure in a purple suit, the Element Man's multi-segmented, mechanical-looking limbs coiling around his opponent against a backdrop of storm-lit mountains and crackling lightning. Kevin Nowlan's cover art renders Metamorpho's bizarre, patchwork physiology with striking clarity — each mismatched arm and torso section a testament to how genuinely strange this hero looks up close. With Dan Jurgens, Mike Norton, and Jesse Delperdang driving the story, this 2008 miniseries continues to make a compelling case for Rex Mason as one of DC's most visually distinctive characters.