The Atom #27

The cover of this November 1966 DC issue says it all: a menacing villain called the Panther — hulking, masked, and furious — looms large while a cascade of tiny Atom figures swarms across his body and between his grasping fingers, illustrating the cover's punchy promise that the Atom "turned on the heat with his explosive fists." Gil Kane's dynamic pencils and inks make brilliant use of scale, turning the size-shifting hero's power into a visually striking swarm that clearly has the Panther rattled. With Gardner Fox scripting "Beauty and the Beast-Gang!", this is a fun slice of Silver Age DC storytelling that showcases exactly why the Atom's shrinking ability made for some of the era's most inventive action covers.