Avengers A.I. #1

A fresh corner of the Marvel NOW! era opens here as Avengers A.I. #1 assembles a team built around artificial and augmented intelligence — and Dustin Weaver's cover makes a striking first impression, surging forward with Vision's green-and-red android form at center, flanked by a young woman with antenna-like tech implants, a figure in heavy armored gear, a man crackling with blue energy, and a blue-suited hero charging toward the viewer against a backdrop of glowing circuit-board patterns. Sam Humphries scripts, with André Araújo on art and Frank D'Armata's colors giving the whole lineup a vibrant, tech-saturated glow. If you've been curious about Marvel's more cerebral side of super-teamwork in 2013, this is a confident, energetic place to start.