Whoo! Great image. For several reasons... first, since this Special was intended to collect "his top stories from the 1980s, torn from the pages of SUPERGIRL #16, ACTION COMICS #560, 563 and 565 and DC COMICS PRESENTS #81," the costume shown here has all the little electronic bits that have long since vanished as the character developed. Initially, the Bug being a teleporter was a big deal, and his supposedly high-tech suit was how he did that. Giffen later changed that/stopped caring about that, take your pick. Note that the cloud behind him indicates a teleport in progress, a la Nightcrawler... although I don't recall that visual ever being used in an Ambush Bug story.

The second reason for greatness is more subtle. Ambush Bug's pose seems to carry him out of the "panel" behind him... which is totally evocative of the character breaking the fourth wall, as AB was rather famous for being aware that he was in a comic. Years before John Byrne dabbled in that during his She-Hulk run.

The good news is that DC has apparently replaced the Special with an all-inclusive Showcase volume, which Amazon lists with a January release. Of course, the Showcase books are all black and white, which sucks. I'd rather have a high quality color reprint (like the Special) since those 1980s comics were all on such shitty paper with lousy color reproduction.

I won't get too excited. DC adds and subtracts Showcase releases as if it were a sport. Where's that Captain Carrot Showcase? Nobody bought Final Ark, that's where. I guess the first issue of Year None sold well enough that DC shifted their strategy from a $4 Special to a $17 Showcase.

Hell, I would have bought both, DC.