Green Arrow #16

From writer Ann Nocenti and artist Freddie Williams II, this March 2013 New 52 entry plants Green Arrow right in the thick of a brutal street-level showdown — the cover tagline says it all: "To Reclaim a City!" Bill Sienkiewicz's cover artwork captures Oliver Queen in his green-and-black gear clashing up close with a white-haired, dark-cloaked figure, arrows sparking on impact, while additional armed figures press in from the edges against a fiery red backdrop of shipping containers. It's a tense, kinetic image that sets the stakes perfectly for "Harrow Part 2: Battle for Seattle.