Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #133

This September 1973 issue promises high drama with cover art by Bob Oksner showing a distraught Lois Lane — chained to a lamppost in a tattered pink dress amid a cityscape of rubble — standing over a fallen, unconscious Superman while her anguished caption reveals she'd been warned disaster would follow her. The bold story title "The Lady Is a Bomb!" tells you everything you need to know about the stakes Lois is facing this issue. With Arnold Drake scripting and John Rosenberger on interior art, it's a compelling slice of early-'70s DC storytelling centered firmly on one of comics' most enduring journalists.