Green Lantern #102

Chapter two of the "Emerald Knights" arc arrives with a cover that wastes no time setting the stakes — a snarling, massive brute has Green Lantern Kyle Rayner in an iron grip, crushing his ring-generated construct while green energy fragments scatter around them. Paul Pelletier and Terry Austin deliver a visceral, close-quarters composition that makes the villain's sheer physical menace feel genuinely overwhelming against Kyle's strained resistance. Ron Marz's 1998 series was consistently putting its hero through the wringer, and this issue's cover tagline — "Never Met Anyone This Evil!" — promises that tradition continues in full force.