Green Lantern Corps #40

This striking 2015 New 52 entry presents a Green Lantern — rendered in deep green with a ring-shaped targeting reticle over one eye — staring out from the cover with calm, steely intensity. Rising from his head is an elaborate architectural diagram of what appears to be a massive, intricate structure or device, rendered in warm reds and oranges against a gridded background, suggesting a mind consumed by complex, high-stakes planning. Bernard Chang's cover art gives the whole image a deliberate, almost meditative weight that makes "With a Bang" feel like the calm before something significant.