Brightest Day #4

The cover of Brightest Day #4 (2010) delivers an immediate jolt: a skull-faced Black Lantern Firestorm surges forward through billowing flames and explosive energy, the sinister atomic symbol on his chest marking him as a corrupted version of the nuclear hero. David Finch and Scott Williams's cover art captures a menacing figure mid-lunge, one grasping hand reaching toward the viewer against a backdrop of churning orange and gold destruction. With writers Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi steering the series alongside a deep artistic roster including Ivan Reis and Ardian Syaf, "Thresholds" promises to push this post-Blackest Night saga into genuinely unsettling territory.