Green Lantern Corps #8

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Green Lantern Corps #8 kicks off "The Alpha War" with a cover that wastes no time setting the stakes. Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna deliver a visceral close-up of a Green Lantern being slammed to the ground, his ring hand desperately glowing, while a skull-helmeted red-clad aggressor looms over him — and a chaotic melee of Lanterns and enemies rages in the background. With Peter J. Tomasi at the helm in 2012, this issue promises the kind of large-scale Corps conflict that the tagline "The Alpha War Starts Here!" delivers on from the very first image.