Superman / Batman #11

Wonder Woman and a battered Batman clash in the foreground, wreathed in roaring flames, while Superman — visibly weakened — stands dwarfed before the towering, glowing-eyed colossus of Darkseid looming in the background. Michael Turner's cover for this 2004 installment of Jeph Loeb's "The Supergirl from Krypton" arc crackles with tension, pitting three of DC's heaviest hitters against an ominous presence that makes them all look small. With Peter Steigerwald's fiery color palette turning the whole scene into a furnace, issue #11 sets a formidable stage for part four of this six-chapter story.