Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor #3

Part three of this four-issue 1999 miniseries puts Lex Luthor front and center in a genuinely uncomfortable spotlight — a titan of Metropolis being pelted with trash and debris by his own city's angry mob, his Kryptonite ring gleaming as he seethes through the speech bubbles: "My city HATES me! And for once, it's NOT Superman's fault!" Superman himself appears in the background, watching the chaos unfold rather than causing it. Val Semeiks and Dennis Janke deliver a cover that reframes Luthor not as a shadowy schemer but as a man publicly humiliated, which makes "Coming Apart" feel like a very apt chapter title.