Green Lantern #64

Kicking off the ambitious "War of the Green Lanterns" crossover, Green Lantern #64 arrives in 2011 with a cover by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert that throws Hal Jordan front and center, battered but blazing with emerald energy as a chaotic swarm of Corps members — including a visibly embattled John Stewart — clashes all around him in a storm of green light and alien bodies. The sheer density of Lanterns on this cover makes the scale of the conflict immediately clear, promising a Corps-wide struggle of serious consequence. With Geoff Johns writing and Doug Mahnke on interior art, this opener sets a striking tone for one of 2011's most sweeping Green Lantern storylines.