Astonishing X-Men #48

Against a moody urban skyline, Dustin Weaver's cover assembles a charged lineup of X-Men in full combat mode — X-23 charges forward in the foreground, claws bared, while Wolverine anchors the center of the group with his own adamantium blades extended. Behind them, Gambit sends playing cards flying through the air alongside a cloaked archer and a figure crackling with icy energy. Marjorie Liu, Mike Perkins, and Andy Troy bring this 2012 chapter of Astonishing X-Men to life with kinetic energy that promises the team is facing something that demands every one of them show up ready to fight.