Blue Beetle #6

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Blue Beetle #6 arrives with an unmistakable charge of tension — the cover tagline "When Friend Becomes Foe!" sets the tone perfectly. Ivan Reis and Joe Prado deliver a striking image of Blue Beetle surging forward in his alien scarab armor, energy crackling brilliantly around his weapon-arm as he clashes against an unseen force amid swirling bursts of light. Writer Tony Bedard and artist Ig Guara bring Jaime Reyes's world to a boiling point in "Homewrecker," a title that promises the kind of close-to-home conflict that makes superhero stories genuinely sting.