The Darkstars #24

Part of DC's sweeping 1994 Zero Hour crossover event, this issue of The Darkstars throws a Green Lantern from the past into a desperate struggle for the present, as the cover's tagline puts it. Mike Deodato Jr.'s cover renders a massive armored villain dominating the foreground, his fist thrust forward, while the Darkstars — surrounded by bursts of chaotic energy — clash in a frantic scene all around him. It's a striking visual snapshot of a series that blended cosmic-scale stakes with DC's universe-shaking continuity, brought to life inside by the creative team of writer Michael Jan Friedman and artist Mike Collins.