The Power of SHAZAM! #16

Captain Marvel is engulfed in a writhing mass of alien worms on Jerry Ordway's cover for this 1996 DC series entry, his expression caught between horror and defiance as the creatures coil around his neck and swarm every inch of the background. The tagline "A Million Minds!" and the story title "And the Worms of Venus" hint at a creepy, otherworldly threat that feels genuinely unsettling — a far cry from the hero's usual punching-gods fare. With Ordway writing and handling cover duties alongside Pete Krause and Mike Manley on interior art, this issue looks like a wonderfully strange detour for the World's Mightiest Mortal.