Superman #215

Superman #215 brings the twelfth chapter of Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee's "For Tomorrow" to a fever pitch, with a cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams that puts the Man of Steel in a brutal, up-close brawl against a spiked, mechanized armored villain — both combatants battered and straining against each other amid bursting flames and debris. Looming in the blue-toned background are a crowd of watching faces, hinting at the enormous stakes surrounding this confrontation. With 30 pages of story and a full creative ensemble including colorist Alex Sinclair bringing the chaos to vivid life, this 2005 issue is a visceral highlight of one of the era's most ambitious Superman arcs.