Avengers A.I. #4

A young man in a torn yellow vest is surrounded by grasping hands from every direction, his expression a mix of alarm and desperate determination as a massive crackling fist of pure energy looms above him — it's a gripping image from David Marquez that immediately raises the stakes for this 2013 series. Avengers A.I. #4 continues Sam Humphries and André Lima Araújo's "Initiate: Chapter 4," and this cover promises a protagonist pushed to his absolute limit, outnumbered and overwhelmed yet clearly still fighting back. Frank D'Armata's moody purple palette gives the whole scene a charged, otherworldly atmosphere that makes it hard to put down without finding out what happens next.