The Shield #9

The Shield charges front and center in his stars-and-stripes armor, fists raised and ready, as the full roster of the JSA assembles behind him — Stargirl, Wildcat, Damage, the spectrally glowing Damage, a purple-clad Atom Smasher, and more heroes filling out this dynamic 2010 cover by Sami Basri. The headline "The Shield Meets the JSA" promises the kind of cross-team collision that makes superhero comics genuinely fun, bringing DC's Archie Comics-revival patriotic hero face-to-face with one of comics' most storied teams. Eric S. Trautmann scripts part three of "Operation: Gunslinger," with interior art by Marco Rudy and Mick Gray rounding out a solid creative lineup.