Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #3

The third chapter of this six-part 1990 limited series drops Hal Jordan into a scene of striking desolation — he stands amid the wreckage of Ferri Aircraft, a toppled company sign sprawling across the debris-strewn ground while thick columns of smoke and flame consume the facility behind him. Cover pencils by Mark Bright and inks by Klaus Janson give the destruction a grim, grounded weight that sets this installment apart from more straightforward superhero fare. With Keith Giffen, Gerard Jones, and Mark Bright shaping Hal's early days as a ring-wielder, Emerald Dawn continues to be one of the more thoughtful explorations of Green Lantern's origins that DC published.