Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #5

Part of DC's 2011 Brightest Day crossover, this fifth issue of Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors announces itself with one of the most viscerally arresting covers of the series — a Green Lantern figure in his distinctive emerald jacket, face bloodied and eyes streaming red, as a torrent of blood erupts from his mouth against a stark black background. The stark tagline "Blood Pact!" leaves little doubt that writer Peter J. Tomasi is steering this corner of the GL universe into genuinely dark territory. Rodolfo Migliari's painted cover work is hauntingly detailed, and interior art from Fernando Pasarin and inker Cam Smith promises the same high craft throughout "Last Will.