Nightwing #30

Nightwing and Superman share the cover of this April 1999 issue, and the energy between them is anything but friendly — bursts of crackling force light up the composition as the two heroes appear locked in serious conflict against a crumbling wall. Scott McDaniel and Karl Story bring a kinetic, almost three-dimensional charge to the image, with Superman's trademark red-and-blue front and center while Nightwing looms with cool intensity just behind him. Chuck Dixon's "Just Passing Through" promises the kind of unexpected team-up tension that makes crossover stories so compelling.