Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #2

Part of Marvel's 2019 Absolute Carnage event, this second issue plunges readers straight into a chaotic collision of symbiote-fueled mayhem. Iban Coello's cover captures the tension brilliantly — a snarling, black-and-red symbiote creature swoops down from above while a flaming skull erupts in the background, and in the foreground a bloodied fist swings toward a red-suited woman armed with a gun who stands her ground with cool resolve, as a masked figure in gold looks on from the edge of the frame. With Frank Tieri writing and Flaviano on art, this tie-in miniseries brings a genuinely scrappy energy to the Absolute Carnage saga.