Millennium #3

Week 3 of DC's ambitious 1988 crossover event arrives with Millennium #3, subtitled "The Gathering" on a cover penciled by Joe Staton and inked by Bruce Patterson. The image surges with energy as a wave of hooded, red-robed figures fills the foreground, while Batman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), and the Fastest Man Alive charge forward in the mid-ground — with Wonder Woman leaping into the fray against a backdrop that includes Big Ben and what appears to be a gleaming spacecraft above. Written by Steve Englehart with art by Staton and Ian Gibson, this series was one of 1988's most sprawling DC events, and this issue's cover makes a compelling case for why heroes from across the universe needed to unite.