Superman #25

This Winter 1988 issue delivers one of the most unsettling cover images of the era: Clark Kent stands in the middle of the Daily Planet bullpen, his shirt torn open to reveal the Superman costume beneath, his hands shaking as he cries out "I just lost control…" — while Lois Lane lies unconscious at his feet and horrified coworkers look on in stunned disbelief. The raw tension Kerry Gammill penciled and Dennis Janke inked is palpable, capturing a Superman story that dares to put the Man of Steel at his most vulnerable and frightening. Roger Stern's "Head Trips" promises a deeply personal crisis, and this cover alone makes it impossible not to turn the page.