Justice League: Generation Lost #2

A bleeding, calculating Max Lord looms large behind his pawns — rendered in cool blues and grays by cover artist Tony Harris — as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Guy Gardner), Captain Atom, Rocket Red, Ice, Fire, and Booster Gold face off across a giant chessboard, each hero mid-action and visually suggesting a game in which the villain holds every advantage. The chess metaphor is sharp and unsettling, positioning Max as the architect of something the team is only beginning to unravel. Tied into DC's 2010 Brightest Day initiative, this bi-weekly series from Judd Winick, Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, and Jack Jadson already feels like essential reading for fans of this particular corner of the DCU.