Superman #27

Superman #27 brings a hard-hitting "Invasion! Aftermath" chapter spotlighting a fierce clash between two street-level heroes gone sideways. The cover by Kerry Gammill and Dennis Janke puts it bluntly: Gangbuster, in his red-and-gold costume and chain, takes a punishing shield-slam from the Guardian in his blue-and-gold suit amid scattered rubble and shredded newspapers. A Daily Planet headline at their feet — "Superman Speaks Out: Gangbuster's Methods Criminal!" — sets the stakes perfectly, hinting at exactly why these two are going one on one. With Roger Stern writing and Kerry Gammill on interior art, this 1989 issue delivers the kind of hero-versus-hero tension that makes superhero storytelling so compelling.