Teen Titans #26

Teen Titans #26 presents a striking cover by Tony S. Daniel and Marlo Alquiza that puts Superboy front and center — in his signature black S-shield T-shirt, charging forward with fierce intensity — while Raven hovers behind him, dark cape spread wide, flanked by no fewer than four Superman-suited figures swooping in from the background. Writer Geoff Johns was clearly steering the team into some charged territory in 2005, and this cover's collision of Kryptonian imagery around a determined Raven makes "Soul Searching" feel like exactly the kind of story that title promises.