Mister Miracle #13

A massive locomotive bears down on Mister Miracle, bound and helpless on the tracks, while two panicked onlookers cry out that he'll never escape in time — it's the kind of pulse-quickening cover that makes Jack Kirby and Mike Royer's work on this series so compelling. Promising "The Dictator's Dungeon!" inside, this April 1973 issue captures everything that made Scott Free's death-defying escapes so thrilling: genuine stakes, vivid color, and a hero whose odds look impossibly long.