Age of Apocalypse #6

Spinning out of Uncanny X-Force, this 2012 Marvel series continues to explore one of the publisher's darkest alternate realities, and issue #6 delivers a cover by Humberto Ramos that crackles with tension. A massive armored figure looms over a dark-haired woman whose hands blaze with red energy, the contrast between brute force and fierce power immediately setting the stakes. David Lapham and Renato Arlem carry that intensity into the interiors, with Lee Loughridge's colors keeping the world feeling as dangerous and unstable as the Age of Apocalypse deserves.