10 Amazing Comic Book Covers DC Wants You To Remember
5. Crisis On Infinite Earths #7
The aforementioned Crisis on Infinite Earths was one of the most important crossover events in DC publishing history. This was a time when the convoluted storylines and crazy alternate realities created over the previous decades became too much to handle so DC set the whole thing on fire.
The story unfolded in the seventh issue of the series with the origin story for DC's Multiverse. It was a pivotal issue in the series thanks to a death nobody saw coming: Supergirl!
George Perez's iconic cover shows the anguish and pain on Superman's face as he holds the body of his cousin, Kara Zor-El. This came at a time when the character was growing in popularity, which is why her death was such a shock. According to Marv Wolfman, the writer of the series, she had to die so they could reboot Superman's origin in Man of Steel to make him the only survivor of Krypton.
Not only was the book impactful for the entire DC Universe, it is often considered to be the best Supergirl story ever told. There is no disputing the importance of the cover, which often tops list as one of the best comic book covers ever published.