Superman Adventures #28

That cover tagline — "This Is a Job for… Jimmy Olsen?" — says it all: DC's animated-style series puts Superman's pal front and center in February 1999, with a determined Jimmy tearing open his jacket to reveal the familiar S-shield. Looming behind him are a snarling, armor-clad villain and the massive, brooding silhouette of Darkseid himself, making the odds feel wonderfully lopsided. Cover pencils by Rick Burchett and inks by Terry Austin give the scene that clean, animated-series energy perfectly suited to a story titled "Jimmy Olsen Versus Darkseid.