Son of Ambush Bug #5

The penultimate chapter of DC's six-part mini-series puts Ambush Bug in the defendant's seat — and the cover makes the absurdity immediately clear, with a large hand flipping a coin in the foreground while a grim, robed figure presides from the bench in the background, speech-bubbling "Heads I win, tails you lose!" The bold cover tagline promises "The Trial of Ambush Bug!" and tantalizes readers with the promise that they'll never guess who his lawyer is. Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner's cover work delivers that perfect blend of deadpan menace and comic chaos that made this 1986 series such a gleefully strange corner of the DC universe.