The New Adventures of Superboy #8

A grieving woman slaps Superboy across the face before a flower-draped coffin bearing the nameplate "R.I.P. Clark Kent," while horrified onlookers watch in stunned silence — it's a striking, emotionally charged image that sets an unusually personal, dramatic tone for a 1980 DC superhero comic. The cover, penciled by Ross Andru and Kurt Schaffenberger and inked by Dave Hunt, perfectly captures the tension of the story title "Clark Kent Must Die!" — raising immediate questions about how Superboy's two identities can possibly coexist. With Cary Bates writing and Schaffenberger also contributing interior art, this issue promises the kind of heartfelt, character-driven storytelling that defined the Boy of Steel's solo series.