The War That Time Forgot #1

DC's 2008 twelve-issue series kicks off with a cover by Neal Adams that wastes absolutely no time making its case: a massive, snarling Tyrannosaurus rex dominates the scene as a goggled soldier fires point-blank into its snapping jaws, while a screaming woman, a panicked medic, and other desperate figures scramble in the chaos below. The collision of World War II–era soldiers and prehistoric predators is exactly as thrilling as it sounds, and Adams renders every tooth and muzzle flash with fierce energy. Writer Bruce Jones, artist Al Barrionuevo, and inker Jimmy Palmiotti are along for the full twelve-issue ride — "Arrival" is a confident, ferocious opening to one of DC's wilder war-adventure concepts.