Astonishing X-Men #10

Part four of "A Man Called X" arrives with a cover that puts Professor X at its dramatic center — levitating, arms wide, surrounded by a swirling chaos of psychic energy and a monstrous serpentine apparition looming above him. Framing the scene from all sides are the outstretched hands of his X-Men teammates: adamantium claws unsheathed at lower left, a glowing energy blast at upper left, a glimmering playing card at upper right, and a weapon-bearing fist at lower right — the whole team poised on the edge of confrontation. Charles Soule and ACO, with colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, deliver a cover that makes the question of who — or what — controls the world's most powerful telepath feel genuinely urgent.