Superboy #145

A striking 1968 DC entry with a cover by Neal Adams, this issue of Superboy plunges straight into unsettling territory: a wide-eyed, horrified Superboy reacts to what he sees in a mirror, while two grotesquely distorted faces — one reflected in a hand mirror, another looming large in the foreground — hint at some terrible, permanent transformation. The cover blurb warns readers that "from this day on, Superboy's parents will live with — The Fantastic Faces!", teasing a story by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp that promises lasting consequences for the Kent family. Adams's dynamic composition makes this twelve-cent issue impossible to overlook on the 1968 spinner rack.