Superman #392

A desperate confrontation takes center stage on Gil Kane's cover for this February 1984 DC issue, as a menacing villain clutches a red-haired woman — Lana Lang — amid bursts of explosive energy while a recoiling Superman braces himself against the threat. The villain's taunting declaration, "If I can't have Lana Lang, no one can!" sets up a tense, high-stakes standoff that feels genuinely dangerous. Inside, writer Cary Bates, artist Curt Swan, and their collaborators deliver the story behind this charged moment — a solid creative lineup that defined Superman comics in the early 1980s.