Superman #317

Superman #317 (November 1977) opens with one of the most viscerally striking covers of its era — Neal Adams renders a Kryptonite-poisoned Superman, his skin turned a sickly green, fists clenched and teeth bared as he roars a desperate threat: dying from implanted Kryptonite, he vows to take someone down with him. The raw anguish and defiance Adams captures here makes the image genuinely hard to look away from. Inside, Martin Pasko scripts "The Killer with the Heart of Steel!" with art by Curt Swan and inks by Dan Adkins — a creative lineup that promises plenty of substance to match that unforgettable cover.