Green Lantern #46

Part of the sweeping "Blackest Night" crossover, this November 2009 chapter titled "Feared" promises tension of the most unlikely kind. The cover by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy says it all — a yellow-ringed Sinestro and a green-energy-charged Hal Jordan stand side by side, fists crackling with power, while a radiant Star Sapphire hovers above them both in a burst of violet light, the subtitle "Uneasy Alliance" leaving little doubt that old enemies are finding common cause. With Geoff Johns at the helm, this issue sits at the heart of one of 2009's most ambitious DC storylines.