Green Arrow #121

A blood-red atmosphere dominates the cover of this 1997 DC series entry, as a battered Green Arrow — his quiver still bristling with arrows — hauls himself up from a pool of crimson, silhouetted figures looming ominously in the background. The cover art by Rodolfo Damaggio and inker Robert Campanella gives the scene a grim, visceral weight that perfectly sets the stage for "The Monkey's Fist." With Chuck Dixon writing and Will Rosado on interior art, this issue promises the kind of hard-edged action that defined this era of the emerald archer's adventures.