All-New X-Factor #8

That glowing, sardonic face dominating the cover of All-New X-Factor #8 sets an immediately unsettling tone — whoever "Self" is, they clearly have little patience for the armored figures being hurled through the air around them. Kris Anka's cover crackles with kinetic energy against a vivid lime-green backdrop, bodies tumbling in every direction as that eerie golden visage radiates smug, unstoppable power. Peter David, Carmine Di Giandomenico, and Lee Loughridge bring their corporate-sponsored mutant team into what looks like a thoroughly one-sided confrontation — and the cover's dry tagline, "Self has no time for this," only makes you more eager to see how it plays out inside.