Superman #263

Superman #263 brings a striking 1973 cover by Neal Adams and Murphy Anderson, showing the Man of Steel mid-stride on a city street as one half of his body blazes with molten, fiery energy — a vivid split-image that makes you do a double-take. The tagline "The Man of Molten Steel!" promises something has gone seriously wrong for the world's greatest superhero, and the tension practically radiates off the page. Inside, Elliot S! Maggin scripts and Curt Swan pencils the story, with inks again by Murphy Anderson — a creative lineup that made DC comics shine in the early '70s.