Superman #299

Superman stands at the center of this May 1976 DC cover, visibly weakened and surrounded by a rogues' gallery of nine deadly foes — among them a bald villain, a green-skinned menace, and a purple-clad figure — as the cover boldly asks, "Which of his 9 deadliest foes did this to Superman?" Bob Oksner's cover art frames the Man of Steel as vulnerable yet defiant, encircled by enemies closing in from every side. Inside, Cary Bates and Elliot S! Maggin team with artist Curt Swan to tell "The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!" — a story that promises to be as dramatic as the cover suggests.