Mister Miracle #15

Jack Kirby and Mike Royer put Mister Miracle front and center on this September 1973 cover, his bold red-and-green costume standing out as he shields a young boy from a closing ring of eerily masked, uniformed figures pressing in from every direction. The sense of encirclement is immediate and tense — two against many, with no obvious way out for the Super Escape Artist. It's a vivid snapshot of the kind of larger-than-life adventure Kirby was delivering to DC readers that year.