Shade, the Changing Man #2

Shade finds himself at the center of a deadly convergence on this striking 1977 DC cover by Steve Ditko — three threatening figures close in from behind, each crying "Die, Shade!" as enemy, friend, and lover, while Shade himself unleashes a burst of energy from his M-Vest in a dynamic forward pose. The left-side panels offer a moody portrait sequence of our hero's determined, changing expressions, reinforcing just how much pressure this dimension-hopping fugitive is under. "The Forms of Destruction!" promises the kind of wild sci-fi tension that made this short-lived series such a distinctive corner of the late-'70s DC lineup.