Superman #228

A cover that stops you cold: Superman's costume hangs stripped from a rack while a suited auctioneer hawks it to a crowd of eager bidders, cash in hand — and a powerless Clark Kent stands trapped behind glass, condemned by a placard declaring him "Earth's Worst Outlaw." Curt Swan's pencils and Murphy Anderson's inks give the 1970 scene a crisp, unsettling tension that makes the Man of Steel's predicament feel genuinely dire. Superman #228 promises high stakes and strange justice, teasing a story worthy of that dramatic cover promise.