Teen Titans #21

The blood-red cover of Teen Titans #21 sets an immediately urgent tone, with the word "TRAGEDY" shattering apart at the center while a young man — head thrown back in anguish — appears to be tearing right through it. Two other Titans figures loom in the background, their expressions tense and alarmed, framing this as the emotionally charged opener to "Titans Hunt, Part 1: The Lesson." Cover artists Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund make striking use of the stark black-and-red palette to signal that something has gone very wrong for this team in June 1998.