Superman Adventures #59

Superman Adventures #59 brings the animated-style Man of Steel face-to-face with a snarling, fiery spirit creature that looks like a blazing lion, clawing and lunging at him in midair above a darkened cityscape. On a nearby rooftop, a cloaked figure crackles with supernatural energy, clearly the source of this spectral threat — and the cover's bold tagline, "War with the Spirit World!", sets the stakes perfectly. Mike Manley's pencils and Terry Austin's inks give the whole scene a kinetic, crackling energy that makes "Ghost Flowers" look like one of 2001's more imaginative entries in this fan-favorite series.