New Gods #12

A figure clad in purple plummets through a dizzying vertical cityscape on Walt Simonson's cover for this 1996 installment of John Byrne's New Gods run — the title "After the Fall" takes on immediate visual weight as gleaming towers and organic Kirby-esque spheres streak past in a blur of motion. Simonson's composition pulls your eye downward with real urgency, making this one of the more kinetically charged covers of the series. At a special 99¢ price, it's an accessible entry point into Byrne and Bob Wiacek's take on the gods of the Fourth World.