The Power of SHAZAM! #23

The fearsome Mr. Atom — a massive, red-eyed robot with gleaming silver-and-gold plating — surges through churning ocean water, clutching a young woman in red while a figure in the Captain Marvel Family's red-and-gold costume is sent flying through the spray. Jerry Ordway's painted cover for this February 1997 issue makes the threat feel genuinely physical, the cold metallic menace of Mr. Atom contrasting sharply with the very human vulnerability of his captive. Subtitled "Child of the Atom," this installment from the Ordway, Krause, and Manley creative team promises high-stakes action in DC's modern reimagining of the Marvel Family mythos.