Supergirl #10

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, Supergirl #10 (August 2012) promises a tense showdown as Kara faces something far darker than your average villain. Mahmud Asrar's cover puts Supergirl front and center — eyes blazing, weapon raised — as she battles atop a massive shadowy creature with glowing eyes, its cloak-like form filling the frame against a fiery orange sky. The bold tagline "Trapped in the World of Black Banshee!" sets up exactly the kind of high-stakes, otherworldly threat that writers Michael Green and Mike Johnson have been building toward.