Supergirl #17

Supergirl earns the bold tagline "Slayer!" on this striking July 2007 cover, where Kara hovers triumphantly above a massive horde of defeated, snarling creatures — shards of ice or crystal erupting all around them against a blood-red sky. The scale of the image is genuinely impressive, with pencils by Alé Garza and inks by Richard Friend making the lone, cape-billowing Supergirl feel both vulnerable and formidable against the sheer number of fallen foes below her. With Joe Kelly writing and Alé Garza handling interior art alongside inkers Marlo Alquiza and Andy Lanning, "Bloodletting" promises a chapter that lives up to every bit of its intense cover imagery.