Green Lantern Corps #5

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Green Lantern Corps #5 arrives in 2012 with a cover that crackles with raw tension — a Green Lantern in full uniform wields a glowing emerald blade against a fierce, clawed opponent as green energy bursts light up the blood-red background. Andy Kubert's cover art captures a brutal, close-quarters struggle that feels genuinely dangerous, with the tagline "Enough Is Enough!" underscoring just how far things have escalated. Writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Fernando Pasarin bring their "Mean Machine" chapter to a book that's shaping up to be one of the harder-edged corners of the New 52 universe.