Superman #282

From 1974's The Amazing World of Superman, this issue delivers a genuinely unsettling cover by Nick Cardy — Superman bears down from above, unleashing a barrage of rays that pin a terrified man against what appears to be a massive aircraft, while the victim cries out that the Man of Steel has "gone mad" and is killing rather than arresting him. The cover tension is palpable, raising real questions about what could drive the world's most trusted hero to such extremes. Inside, Elliot S! Maggin scripts and Curt Swan pencils the tale of "Lex Luthor — Super Scalp-Hunter!", promising a story as wild as that dramatic cover image suggests.