Starman #0

Promising "The Beginning of Tomorrow," this October 1994 zero issue launches DC's Starman series with a striking cover by Tony Harris — a brooding, goggle-wearing young man in a dark jacket leans casually against a stone surface, a glowing cosmic rod in hand, an enormous rune-carved star medallion looming behind him. The moody stonework setting, accented by growling stone gargoyles at the base, gives the whole image a gothic, self-assured atmosphere that feels unlike any superhero book of its era. With James Robinson writing and Harris's detailed, painterly linework setting the tone, this is a series that clearly has something distinctive in mind from issue zero onward.