The Phantom Zone #4

The grand finale of DC's four-issue Phantom Zone mini-series arrives with this April 1982 closer, and the cover by Gene Colan and Dick Giordano sets the stakes immediately: a bearded man in Superman's costume squares off against a figure in a yellow-and-green outfit, while a massive, snarling demonic face looms in glowing pink behind them. The cover copy makes the conflict bracingly clear — "You may have the costume… but I have the powers!" — promising a showdown where the S-shield alone isn't enough. Steve Gerber, Gene Colan, and the rest of the creative team saved "The Phantom Planet!" for last, and this issue delivers the kind of confrontational energy that makes a mini-series finale feel genuinely earned.