Superman: The Man of Steel #4

From the creative team of Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, and Dennis Janke comes this 1991 chapter of Superman: The Man of Steel, featuring a cover that pulls no punches — a massive, grey-skinned brute with wild dark hair has Superman helplessly bent backward in a crushing grip, the Man of Steel's face contorted in pain. The cover blurb promises "The Half-Life of Joe Angstrom," teasing whatever threat this hulking figure poses to the world's most powerful hero.