Superman #250

Superman #250 brings a genuinely unsettling image to stands in 1972, with Neal Adams delivering a striking cover that shows the Man of Steel visibly aging before our eyes — hair white, face gaunt, skin withered — as a villain's branding-iron weapon bathes him in a searing beam. The threat is spelled out in the dialogue balloons: every move Superman makes only accelerates his deterioration, and his attacker taunts that he'll "drop dead of old age" before he can even close the distance. Packed with 52 big pages, this issue also promises a bonus "Superman's Time Capsule" super-premium story, making it a particularly rich read.