The New Adventures of Superboy #23

The cover of The New Adventures of Superboy #23 (November 1981) promises one of the more unusual confrontations in DC history: Superboy standing his ground in an Old West setting as a blue-skinned alien gunslinger fires a futuristic weapon straight at him, with the cover copy billing it as "the strangest showdown in the history of the Old West." Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt deliver a terrifically composed scene, with energy blasts crackling between the two combatants and curious townspeople watching from the background. A bonus inset panel teases a "Superboy's Secret Diary" extra, making this a nicely packed issue from Cary Bates and the full creative team.