The Green Lantern Corps #208

This 1987 issue announces its Cold War intentions right on the cover: a powerfully built, rhinoceros-headed Green Lantern dominates the image, rendered in the bold, flat style of Soviet propaganda posters, raising a hammer-and-sickle banner before a crowd of marching figures while a soldier strides forward at lower left. The Cyrillic text and unmistakable red-and-orange palette drive home the "Red Lantern" story title with real visual wit. Cover art by Ed Hannigan and Joe Staton makes this one of the more audaciously designed issues of the mid-'80s Corps era.