Green Arrow #53

Arrow drawn and ready against a pale, snarling, arrow-riddled brute in a woodland setting — the cover to Green Arrow #53 (October 2005) promises a fierce reckoning, as the tagline "Solomon's Revenge!" makes unmistakably clear. Cliff Chiang's cover work crackles with kinetic energy, placing Oliver Queen in classic green-hooded form, bow at full draw, looming over his monstrous opponent mid-confrontation. With William Messner-Loebs writing and Eric Battle on interior art, "Family Relations" looks like a story that earns every ounce of tension that cover delivers.