Alpha Flight #126

The cover of Alpha Flight #126 says it all — the massive, grotesque form of Carcass looms over a desperate group of Alpha Flight members, his enormous decaying face and grasping pink-purple appendages threatening to swallow them whole. Penciled by Dario Carrasco and inked by Bruce Patterson, the image packs genuine menace, with several Alphans — including a blue-armored figure and a red-costumed hero — struggling in the creature's shadow while a small figure perches defiantly in the upper corner. "Dead Reckoning Part 2" promises that writer Simon Furman's 1993 run has Canada's premier super-team facing something truly overwhelming, and this cover makes a compelling case for picking it up.