Green Lantern #57

Part of DC's 2010 "Brightest Day" crossover, Green Lantern #57 puts the spotlight squarely on the Predator — the entity of love — announced boldly by the cover's text as a figure in violet armor crouches in the foreground, bound by glowing pink chains. Enthroned behind her looms a powerful, dark-armored figure radiating an ominous calm, while Star Sapphires and Yellow Lanterns flank the scene on either side in shadowy procession. Doug Mahnke's cover art, inked by Mahnke himself, delivers a striking tableau of captivity and cosmic power that makes "What Happens in Vegas" feel anything but ordinary.