Astonishing X-Men #11

A glowing, crackling entity dominates the center of John Cassaday's striking cover for Astonishing X-Men #11 — a featureless, luminous face erupting with electric blue energy that arcs outward in all directions. Flanking it on the left are fragmented close-ups of several X-Men, their expressions tense and alarmed, while a lone silhouetted figure on a vehicle recedes into a sun-drenched landscape on the right. As "Dangerous Part Five" rolls on under Joss Whedon's pen, this 2005 issue makes clear that whatever the team is facing, it's something that crackles with genuine menace.