Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #2

Part of DC's sweeping Blackest Night crossover, this second issue of the three-part miniseries delivers an arresting cover by Greg Horn: a Black Lantern–corrupted Wonder Woman, her eyes blank white and her lasso trailing behind her, squares off against Mera in her green scale suit, trident raised, beneath the looming gray hand of an undead giant. The composition crackles with tension, pitting two of DC's most formidable women against each other in the shadow of cosmic death. With Greg Rucka writing and Nicola Scott on interior art, this 2010 tie-in makes a compelling case for the emotional and physical stakes at the heart of Blackest Night.