This is going down on my best cover of the year (thus far). I'll admit I haven't even read this issue, I was just stopped dead in my tracks by the cover. And it's not just the excellent depiction of a submissive Hal -- notice the way his left ankle turns in -- it's the long-limbed raven-haired man-beater shoving a stilleto into his throat that caught my attention.

Star Sapphire's posture -- arms half-akimbo leaning foward and neck stretched out ( you can almost imagine she's gonna dangle a lugey spit-thread from her lips ) -- means business.