The Brave and the Bold #194

The January 1983 team-up formula gets a delicious twist in The Brave and the Bold #194, as the cover — penciled and inked by Jim Aparo — lays out the premise with striking clarity: Batman and the Flash lie defeated at the bottom of the image while Rainbow Raider and a crackling, energy-wreathed Firestorm loom triumphantly above them. That cover blurb, "Trade Heroes — and Win!", hints at a villain-swap scheme that puts both heroes on the back foot in a most satisfying way. With Mike W. Barr scripting and Carmine Infantino on interior art, this is a lively, imaginative chapter in DC's longest-running team-up title.