Supergirl #35

Part five of DC's sweeping "New Krypton" crossover, this January 2009 chapter by writer Sterling Gates and artist Jamal Igle (inked by Keith Champagne) brings Supergirl to the center of a Kryptonian reckoning. Alex Ross's painted cover is a breathtaking upward-angle view of Supergirl leading a full squadron of Kryptonian heroes soaring above a cityscape — her cape and fists thrust forward in the foreground while figures in red-and-blue uniforms, white capes, and civilian clothes stream behind her in dramatic formation. It's a sweeping image that perfectly captures the scale and excitement of an entire civilization of super-powered beings taking flight together.