Secret Society of Super-Villains #13

A cosmic clash of worlds takes center stage on this 1978 DC gem, with cover art by Rich Buckler and Bob McLeod depicting a desperate Superman recoiling as the Flash, a dark-haired woman in a black costume, and a green-uniformed Green Lantern-like figure surge toward him in a burst of energy — while smaller figures in yellow and pink rush in from the background. The cover copy warns that whether the Secret Society or the Crime Syndicate prevails, the Earth itself pays the price, teasing Gerry Conway's story "One Earth Too Many" with real stakes and a genuinely ominous sense of scale. Fans of late-'70s DC villainy will find this issue's lineup of shadowy combatants and world-threatening tension hard to resist.