Birds of Prey #17

Power Girl dominates this May 2000 cover, streaking through the sky high above a coastal city while gripping what appears to be a massive missile or rocket — and the bold cover question "Where Are the Birds of Prey?" makes clear she's not happy about their absence. Butch Guice's cover art captures her trademark white-and-gold costume with real kinetic energy, hair blazing behind her as she strains against the enormous weapon in her hands. With Chuck Dixon's "Nuclear Roulette" as the story title, the stakes feel appropriately sky-high for this team-up era of DC's premier female-led series.