Superboy #164

Few covers from 1970 hit with the raw emotional force of Neal Adams's work here — Superboy, in full costume, desperately tears open a crumpled green vehicle to reach an injured man slumped inside, his face twisted with anguish as he cries out, "Dad! Dad! It's all my fault!" The desperation etched across the Boy of Steel's face makes it clear that even invulnerable heroes carry burdens no superpower can lift. With a story titled "Your Death Will Destroy Me!" and Adams's striking linework on the cover, this issue promises something genuinely affecting at the heart of the Smallville mythology.