Hawkman #16

Hawkman squares off against something enormous and menacing on this striking cover by Pat Olliffe and Tom Palmer — the winged warrior, mace raised high and wings spread wide, faces the looming, scaled form of the Dragon of the Shadowlands while a gallery of DC's most dangerous villains watches ominously from the top of the page. Part of DC's 2019 "Year of the Villain: Evil Unleashed" initiative, this issue finds Robert Venditti's run in deeply compelling territory, pitting Carter Hall against a threat that feels genuinely overwhelming in scale. If you've been following Hawkman's adventures through myth and prehistory, issue #16 promises the kind of high-stakes confrontation the series does so well.