JLA: Rock of Ages

In this 1998 one-shot from Titan, Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's celebrated JLA run takes a sharp turn into a dystopian future, imagining a world where Darkseid's victory has remade the Earth. A single, dense issue, it distills the epic scale and philosophical weight of the team's classic era into a standalone nightmare. Essential for fans of the JLA's late-90s peak, it stands as a dark mirror to the heroism of the main series.