Annihilation: Ronan #1

Part of Marvel's sweeping 2006 Annihilation event, this first issue of a four-part limited series puts Ronan the Accuser front and center — green-skinned, cloaked, and wielding his massive Universal Weapon as crackling lightning erupts around him against a stormy cosmic sky. Gabriele Dell'Otto's painted cover gives the Kree warrior a brooding, atmospheric intensity that sets a serious tone for the series. With Simon Furman writing and Jorge Lucas on art, colored by Dave McCaig, this is a confident creative team ready to dig into one of the Marvel universe's most formidable space-faring figures.