Superboy #16

Part of the sprawling "H'el on Earth" crossover, this March 2013 chapter puts Superboy at the heart of the action as he tears through what appears to be a crystalline fortress, his eyes blazing with heat vision while Batman looms above him in the shattering debris. Two additional faces — one stoic, one furious — loom ominously in the shattered background, hinting at the larger forces at play. The cover tagline makes the stakes clear: Batman and the Justice League are storming the Fortress, and cover artists R. B. Silva and Rob Lean frame it all with kinetic energy that makes this New 52 installment genuinely hard to put down.