Suicide Squad #62

The cover of Suicide Squad #62 pulls no punches — the Atom, in his signature red-and-blue costume, is locked in fierce mid-air combat with a larger man in a brown jacket and cowboy hat, surrounded by swirling atomic-energy effects that give the tagline "Atom Smashing!" real visual weight. The cover pencils by Geof Isherwood (inked by Karl Kesel) crackle with kinetic energy, making this February 1992 issue feel like a genuine turning point in the "Legerdemain" arc. With John Ostrander and Kim Yale at the helm of the story, fans of this era's sharp, morally complex Squad storytelling will want this one on their shelf.