Team Titans #7

Team Titans #7 pulls readers straight into the chaos of "The Darkening Night" with a cover by Phil Jimenez that wastes no time — a lion-maned, spike-armored bruiser looms over a scrambling group that includes a woman in purple, a blonde firing glowing energy from her fists, and a ghostly translucent figure, while a massive armored presence encroaches from the right. The sense of desperate, close-quarters urgency is palpable, and a corner blurb tantalizes with a tie-in to New Titans #97. With Marv Wolfman writing and Jimenez on pencils, this 1993 DC series was clearly aiming for something with real emotional weight right from the cover.