Dark Reign: Hawkeye #2

Two archers locked in a snarling, nose-to-nose standoff dominate Clint Langley's striking cover — one in the purple-cowled costume of Hawkeye, the other in a dark, feathered rival's mask, their crossed arrows and bladed tips forming a tense X between them. It's the kind of face-off that perfectly captures the charged atmosphere of Marvel's 2009 Dark Reign event, with Andy Diggle writing and Tom Raney on interior art. Issue 2 of 5 promises the conflict is only escalating.