Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood #3

The third chapter of this six-part DC miniseries puts Connor Hawke in a desperate, close-quarters struggle — the cover shows him straining to hold back a knife-wielding attacker who grips him by the throat, both figures locked in fierce combat against a fiery orange backdrop beneath the ominous chapter title "Wicked Stepmother." Chuck Dixon's writing paired with Derec Donovan's art makes this spin-off from Green Arrow a tense, character-driven read, and Derec Aucoin's cover captures the raw physicality of Connor's world without a single arrow in sight. If you've been following the Dragon's Blood arc, issue #3 keeps the pressure squarely on.