The Spectre #2

The Spectre is literally brought low on this February 1968 cover, shown crumpled and struggling on the ground in his green hood and cloak while a laughing, suited villain looms above him — all set against a fiery hellscape swarming with snarling demonic beasts. Neal Adams's cover art crackles with menace, the tagline "Die, Spectre — Again and Again and Again!" promising that DC's ghostly avenger is in for a genuinely brutal challenge. With Gardner Fox scripting and Adams handling both pencils and inks inside as well, this early issue of the series delivers a striking combination of supernatural dread and dynamic Silver Age storytelling.