Superman #219

A delightfully strange role-reversal jumps right off this 1969 DC cover: an enthusiastic crowd hoists Clark Kent on their shoulders while an angry mob below tears at a Superman statue with the words "Down with Superman!" The cover art by Curt Swan and Neal Adams sets up a genuinely intriguing premise — a bespectacled Kent looking bewildered as speech bubbles spell out the central mystery: "Overnight I've become a hero… and Superman's become a target for hate! Why?" Writer Cary Bates and interior artist Curt Swan (inked by Jack Abel) deliver a story promising exactly the kind of upside-down drama that made Silver Age Superman so much fun.