Superman Adventures #27

Lex Luthor is very much "taking care of business" on this January 1999 cover — calm and imperious in the foreground as a beleaguered Superman crashes through a shattering pane of glass above him, all while a grinning silver-haired accomplice looms at the top of the composition. The animated-series style, rendered here by cover penciler Rick Burchett and inker Terry Austin, gives the scene a sleek, kinetic energy that perfectly matches the issue's provocative title, "How Much Can One Man Hate?" Inside, Mark Millar writes with Aluir Amâncio on art — a creative lineup that makes this a genuinely appealing chapter in the Superman Adventures run.