Green Arrow #59

Green Arrow stands poised with bow drawn at the top of the composition, while Black Canary crouches in a ready stance below him — and looming behind them both is an enormous, shadowy close-up of a menacing male face that dominates the background. Mike Grell's cover art sets a tense, foreboding mood perfectly suited to the opening chapter of "Predator." This 1992 DC series was consistently delivering gritty, street-level storytelling, and issue #59 looks to be no exception.