Green Lantern #34

This January 1965 issue drops Hal Jordan into a desert landscape where he's caught in the grip of a massive, spike-backed giant iguana, crackling rings of paralyzing energy leaping from the creature's tail and wrapping around the helpless hero. The cover — penciled by Gil Kane and inked by Murphy Anderson — captures the dire situation with vivid Silver Age energy, as Hal himself narrates his predicament in a speech bubble, his power ring rendered useless against the beast's sizzling attack. Promising "a power-charged novel" in "Three-Way Attack Against Green Lantern!", this issue delivers exactly the kind of imaginative, high-stakes threat that made DC's Silver Age so much fun.