All-New X-Factor #13

Against a vivid golden background, Kris Anka's cover for All-New X-Factor #13 puts the imposing, armored Gorgon front and center — the cover's own tagline cheekily noting he's "charming as ever" — while the glowing, speed-streaked members of the team swirl dynamically around him. The interplay between the white-haired figure being shielded on the left and the radiant speedsters circling the scene gives the composition a real sense of kinetic tension. Peter David, Pop Mhan, and Lee Loughridge bring the corporate-sponsored mutant team's world to life inside, making this a solid chapter in one of Marvel's more intriguingly offbeat X-titles of 2014.