Avengers #34

Tied into the "Original Sin" crossover, this 2014 Marvel issue carries the evocative chapter title "The Last Avenger" — and Leinil Francis Yu's cover makes clear the stakes feel enormous. A lone armored figure in red and gold stands at the center of a shattering golden landscape, surrounded by what appear to be multiple Iron Man-suited forms — some looming large, others dark and menacing with glowing eyes — as crystalline debris explodes outward in every direction. Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers has long thrived on scale and consequence, and this image of isolation amid fragmented power captures that tension perfectly.