Green Lantern #105

Chapter five of the six-part "Emerald Knights" saga, this 1998 installment of Green Lantern crackles with tension as two ring-wielders face off in a dramatic clash of green energy. The cover — penciled by Jeff Johnson and inked by Bob Wiacek — shows a powerfully built Green Lantern unleashing a torrent of emerald light from his ring directly down at a second, black-suited Lantern who recoils beneath the onslaught, the tagline "Parallax Ascending!" making clear the stakes couldn't be higher. With Ron Marz writing and the series hurtling toward its conclusion, this is a compelling snapshot of a mythology at a genuine turning point.