Superman Unlimited #9

Clark Kent is mid-stride on this sharp Dave Johnson cover, his dress shirt pulled open just enough to reveal the Superman insignia beneath, Daily Planet in hand and a breaking news screen behind him blaring "The Prankster Strikes" — complete with a shadowy, question-marked silhouette that promises real trouble ahead. Dan Slott and Mike Norton's "Die Laughing, Part One" sets the stage with that perfect dual-identity tension, the Man of Steel hiding in plain sight while Metropolis's latest threat makes headlines. It's a confident, retro-flavored setup that fans of the Clark-Kent-as-everyman tradition will find immediately compelling.