The Outsiders #24

The stakes don't get much higher than this — the cover of The Outsiders #24 (October 1987) drops us right onto Air Force One, where a figure in a red-and-white costume bearing a Soviet star is hauling a green-and-yellow-clad hero by the wrist, while a wide-eyed man in a suit watches in alarm from the plane's window. The Presidential Seal looms large in the background, making it unmistakably clear that this confrontation is unfolding at the highest levels of American power. Jim Aparo's cover work gives the scene a taut, kinetic energy that sets up "Night of Camp David!" as one of the Outsiders' most politically charged adventures yet.