The Savage Hawkman #18

Part of DC's New 52 initiative, The Savage Hawkman #18 plunges the winged warrior straight into the Shadow Realm — and the cover by Joe Bennett and Art Thibert makes that destination feel genuinely forbidding. Hawkman surges upward with his signature mace raised high, wings spread wide, while a dark female figure recoils to his right and a decayed, ghoulish creature looms from the left, all set against a blazing red burst crowded with more monstrous faces clawing their way into view. Writers Tom DeFalco and artists Fabrizio Fiorentino and Joe Bennett bring a horror-tinged energy to this 2013 chapter that should satisfy anyone who likes their superhero action with a serious edge.