Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3

Penultimate issue of this 2006 limited series, Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3 arrives with a cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto that practically crackles with cosmic intensity — the chrome herald surges forward, fist outstretched and teeth bared, his metallic form streaked with crimson energy against a blinding white surge of the Power Cosmic. It's a visceral, close-quarters portrait that captures the Surfer pushed to his absolute limit. Keith Giffen's story, brought to life by Renato Arlem and colorist June Chung, promises the kind of galaxy-shaking tension that made the Annihilation event one of Marvel's most compelling cosmic sagas of the decade.