Nightwing #25

Two figures leap through a canyon of shattered rubble on Scott McDaniel and Karl Story's striking cover — Nightwing in his blue-and-black suit alongside a second costumed figure in yellow and black, both mid-flight against a pale open sky framed by towering walls of debris. The vertiginous low-angle perspective gives the whole image a breathless, freefall energy that feels perfectly suited to Chuck Dixon's "The Boys." A confident milestone issue from October 1998 that showcases McDaniel's dynamic sense of motion at its most inventive.