Justice League of America #40

Part two of "By My Black Hand, The Dead Shall Rise!" finds the Justice League of America deep in the grip of DC's Blackest Night crossover event. The cover by Mark Bagley and Rob Hunter puts Vixen front and center in her gleaming gold costume, leaping into action while Gypsy recoils in the foreground and a Black Lantern-ringed hero looms to her left — all of them surrounded by a press of grotesque undead figures closing in from the right. James Robinson and Bagley's 2010 run delivers the kind of high-stakes ensemble tension that makes this crossover chapter a compelling read for any fan of DC's darker corner of superhero storytelling.