Green Lantern #5

Part five of Geoff Johns' "Sinestro" arc finds an unlikely alliance stretched to its absolute limits, as the cover — penciled by Doug Mahnke and inked by Keith Champagne — shows Sinestro and Hal Jordan standing back-to-back atop a heap of fallen Sinestro Corps members, green energy blazing from their rings against a fiery, apocalyptic sky. The tagline "Two Against a Thousand!" tells you everything you need to know about the odds they're facing. It's a visceral, high-stakes image that captures the tense, combative dynamic at the heart of this New 52 series.