Superman #210

Part seven of Brian Azzarello's ambitious "For Tomorrow" arc arrives with a cover that stops you cold: a dark-haired warrior woman — golden lasso coiled around a limp, unconscious Superman — cradles the Man of Steel while raising a gleaming sword against a stormy sky, an ornate citadel looming in the background. Jim Lee's pencils and Scott Williams' inks deliver the kind of tightly rendered drama that made this 2004 run so visually striking, every fold of cape and strand of hair rendered with precision. If you've been following this story, this image alone makes clear that the stakes have climbed considerably.