The Fury of Firestorm #17

Two nuclear-powered heroes collide in a storm of flame on this October 1983 cover, as Firestorm — in his distinctive red-and-white costume with flaming hair — squares off against Firehawk, her black-and-yellow suit wreathed in cascading fire, with a city skyline caught in the background behind their mid-air clash. The cover art, penciled by Pat Broderick and inked by Dick Giordano, crackles with energy, the two figures trading bursts of nuclear flame across a composition that makes "vs." feel entirely earned. "On Wings of Fire!" promises exactly the kind of high-flying, power-on-power confrontation that made The Fury of Firestorm such a compelling corner of the DC universe in 1983.