Starman: The Mist #1

Part of DC's 1998 "Girl Frenzy!" one-shot initiative, this issue puts the Starman universe's most calculating villain front and center — literally. The cover, penciled by Leonard Kirk and inked by Karl Story, presents the Mist emerging from swirling blue-teal vapors, goggles pushed up on her forehead and a pistol aimed coolly straight at the reader. It's a confident, stylish portrait that makes a strong case for the character carrying her own spotlight, with writer James Robinson and artists John Lucas and Richard Case delivering the interiors.