Super Friends #35

The Super Friends take center stage under the big top in this August 1980 issue, with Superman, Wonder Woman (lasso twirling), Batman soaring overhead, Robin swinging in from above, and the Wonder Twins strutting into the circus ring before a packed crowd. The banner headline — "An All-Star Circus of Thrills!" — perfectly captures the spectacle that cover artists Ramona Fradon, Ross Andru, and inker Bob Smith have assembled here. That ominous corner caption warning of the heroes' "last performance" gives the whole cheerful scene a delicious undercurrent of danger.