Green Lantern: New Guardians #14

Part of DC's sweeping "Rise of the Third Army" crossover, this 2013 New 52 issue carries the bold promise of a dramatic shift for Kyle Rayner — the cover tagline announces him as the newest Yellow Lantern. Aaron Kuder's cover art makes that transformation viscerally clear: Kyle surges forward wreathed in crackling yellow-orange energy, while an enormous, glowing-eyed Guardian looms ominously behind him in the shadows. Tony Bedard's "Fear Factor" story, brought to life by artists Andrei Bressan and Amilcar Pinna, looks set to test exactly what Kyle is willing to embrace when the stakes couldn't be higher.