Underworld Unleashed #1

This 1995 DC event kicks off with a cover that makes its promise plain — "the absolute evil is here!" Dominating the composition is a menacing, caped figure crackling with toxic green energy, looming above a gallery of DC's most notorious villains: the grinning Joker front and center, flanked by Lex Luthor, a purple-costumed figure, a woman with flowing purple hair, and a brooding dark-haired man, all rendered with striking intensity by Howard Porter and inker Dan Green. Writer Mark Waid sets the stage for a villain-centric crossover that looks genuinely dangerous from its very first page.