The New Gods #15

The stakes couldn't feel bigger than they do on this December 1977 cover, where a white-costumed New God raises a blazing cosmic object aloft and rallies his allies — Mister Miracle and a crowd of embattled New Gods — against a tide of Apokoliptian warriors, all under the urgent battle cry "We must triumph, New Gods — or Darkseid will rule the universe!" Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein pack the image with furious, churning energy, swords clashing and bodies tangled across a purple twilight battlefield. The cover teaser promises "The Apocalypse Child" and asks whether what began on Earth will end in the stars — a compelling hook for any fan of Jack Kirby's Fourth World mythology.