The Spectre #24

This February 1989 issue opens "Ghosts in the Machine," a bold six-part saga, with a cover that's visually arresting in the best way — the Spectre rendered entirely as a glowing wireframe figure looming large against an electric-green circuit-board background, his hooded face and outstretched hands etched in sharp yellow grid lines. It's a clever visual metaphor that blends the supernatural with the technological, and Tom Artis's cover art carries it off with real confidence. If you ever needed a single image to suggest that DC's Spirit of Vengeance is about to collide with the digital age, this is it.