Green Lantern Corps #33

Part one of "Emerald Eclipse" arrives with a striking cover by Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman that puts the imposing, multi-ringed Lantern Mongul front and center, his massive fists practically bursting off the page. Flanking him are a snarling, red-eyed creature in yellow and two Green Lanterns — one with glowing green energy at the ready — caught in what feels like the calm before a storm. Bearing the "Prelude to Blackest Night" banner and an "Origins & Omens" tag, this 2009 issue from Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason promises that the Corps is about to face something genuinely formidable.