Astonishing X-Men #7

The acclaimed Whedon and Cassaday team kicks off a bold new arc — "Dangerous, Part One" — with a cover that sends the full X-Men squad charging through a jagged, broken wall into a blood-red sky. Cyclops leads the charge at center, flanked by Emma Frost in white, Wolverine in his yellow-and-brown suit, the steel-skinned Colossus, a feral Beast, and a younger figure who appears to be Armor, all rendered with the sharp, cinematic precision that defines Cassaday's work on this series. If this team looks like they're ready for something formidable, that's exactly the feeling this 2005 issue is built to deliver.