Askani Son #3

The third chapter of this 1996 Marvel "All New X-Men Special Event" puts young Cable front and center in a vivid, kinetic cover by Gene Ha and Andrew Pepoy — the bare-chested, goggled youth straining against thick rope bonds while blasting free with what appears to be a glowing weapon, surrounded by massive curved red claws or branches and a scattered skull at his feet. Scott Lobdell, Jeph Loeb, and Gene Ha continue "An Ember Glows..." with all the raw, far-future intensity the series has promised, and this image of a defiant young warrior fighting his way out of a trap makes a genuinely compelling case for picking up the issue.