Avengers Arena #13

A handmade missing-persons flyer stapled to a city lamppost takes center stage on this 2013 issue's cover, urgently declaring "MISSING!! MY FRIENDS NICO + CHASE" alongside small portraits of the two teens and a heartbreakingly earnest reward offer of "all the money in my piggy bank" — signed by Molly H. The #HelpMolly hashtags and the Avengers Arena stamp dotting the bottom of the flyer add a clever modern texture to what is clearly a desperate plea from a kid trying every avenue she can think of. Kalman Andrasofszky's cover is a quietly affecting piece of visual storytelling that trades action-packed spectacle for something more unsettling: the simple, human fear of losing your friends.