Starman #25

Starman's yellow-and-purple costume is already torn and battered in the foreground as he braces against a crackling energy discharge, while a second, unscathed version of him hovers in the background — and an armored, helmeted adversary rides what appears to be a high-tech aerial craft above the fray. Tom Lyle's cover art for this August 1990 DC issue captures a real sense of escalating stakes, suggesting Starman is caught between a relentless opponent and something stranger still. With Roger Stern scripting and Lyle and Scott Hanna handling interior duties, "Impending Deadline!" looks like a satisfying chapter in this era of the series.