Green Lantern Corps #12

The cover of Green Lantern Corps #12 pulls no punches — Patrick Gleason and Wayne Faucher deliver a visceral, blood-soaked scene in which a horrified Green Lantern, ring blazing with green energy, stumbles upon two badly wounded figures slumped in what appears to be a gore-drenched room. With a story titled "Fugitive" and Dave Gibbons at the helm, this 2007 issue clearly puts its Lanterns in a desperate, dangerous situation with no easy way out. It's a striking, unsettling cover that sets a genuinely tense tone for whatever harrowing circumstances lie within.