Superman #656

A massive, stitched-together creature dominates this November 2006 cover, looming over a battered Superman — cape shredded, boots barely visible beneath the monster's crushing grip — as snow swirls around them both. Carlos Pacheco and Jesús Merino give the beast a genuinely unsettling presence, all stapled flesh and red-eyed menace, making the threat feel visceral and immediate. With Kurt Busiek at the helm and the story titled "Men & Monsters," this issue promises the kind of thoughtful, hard-hitting Superman adventure that defined this creative team's run.