The Savage Hawkman #8

High above the streets of New York City, Hawkman in his gold-and-green armor clashes with a fierce, dark-haired woman whose arm has transformed into a writhing mass of alien tendrils — and the cover's blunt promise of a "Death Match!" leaves little doubt about the stakes. Philip Tan's cover crackles with kinetic energy, pitting these two combatants against a rooftop skyline that makes the aerial brawl feel both grounded and vertiginous. "Strange Bedfellows" is the story title for this June 2012 entry in DC's New 52 run, written by Tony Salvador Daniel and James Bonny — a solid reason to see how Hawkman handles a threat that's anything but ordinary.