Green Lantern #35

The penultimate chapter of "Secret Origin" arrives with a cover that commands immediate attention — a massive, ancient face fills the frame, its glowing green eyes reflecting tiny Green Lantern figures while crackling energy splits the image like lightning, with two power rings tumbling against the teal-blue expanse above. Ivan Reis delivers an intensely close, almost uncomfortable portrait that radiates both power and menace. Geoff Johns and Reis bring their full talents to this 2008 arc, and this seventh installment's cover alone makes clear the stakes have never felt larger.