Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood #6

The six-issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood miniseries reaches its finale with this tense 2007 closer from writer Chuck Dixon and artist Derec Donovan. The cover — also by Donovan — says it all: Connor Hawke lies fallen on rocky ground, a bo staff nearby, as a menacing supernatural figure looms over him with glowing eyes and clawed hands against a fiery red sky, the tagline "Red Blood, Black Magic!" leaving little doubt about the stakes. It's a fittingly dramatic cap to a series that brought Green Arrow's son into his own spotlight.