Green Lantern #143

Green Lantern finds himself in a desperate spot on this striking August 1981 cover by George Pérez — restrained and surrounded by a squad of armored, yellow-and-black-suited enemies who are threatening to remove his power ring by the most extreme means possible. The cover's chilling dialogue balloon makes their sinister intent unmistakably clear, while the scarlet background and swirling chains give the whole scene an urgent, claustrophobic tension that Pérez renders with real dynamism. Billed as "the shattering conclusion of the Omega-Men Saga," this issue caps off a storyline with genuine high stakes for Hal Jordan and his ring hand.