Superman #343

From the ashes of ancient Pompeii, a new threat rises against the Man of Tomorrow — and this January 1980 issue of Superman puts that collision front and center. The cover by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano depicts a toga-clad figure from antiquity standing amid classical columns, vowing to travel into the future and stop Superman, while the Man of Steel himself rockets upward in a dynamic diagonal surge over the Metropolis skyline. With a story titled "The Last Days of Metropolis!" and a creative team including writer Denny O'Neil and artist Curt Swan, this issue promises a genuinely unusual clash of ancient history and the far future.