The Titans #35

The cover of this January 2002 issue announces "'Beest Wars!" in bold letters, and Kia Asamiya delivers on that promise with a visceral mid-air clash: Starfire, wings blazing with orange energy, grapples desperately with the monstrous 'Beest while bat-like creatures swarm the shadowy background. Below the chaos, a group of civilians — along with what appears to be a glowing white-costumed figure — scrambles in alarm, grounding the supernatural mayhem in urgent human stakes. With writing by Jay Faerber and interior art by Peter Grau and Bud LaRosa, this issue promises one of the Titans' more physically intense confrontations of the series' final year.