Avengers: The Initiative #31

A skull-faced figure seated in apparent luxury, flanked by two dangerous-looking women — one adorned with a living snake, the other in warrior's wraps — with scattered cash at their feet sets a menacing, opulent mood for this Siege: The Cabal tie-in. David Yardin's cover drips with an air of sinister confidence, placing these three figures against a twilight resort backdrop that feels anything but relaxing. Christos N. Gage and Rafa Sandoval bring their talents to Avengers: The Initiative #31, and "Poisoned Chalice" promises exactly the kind of morally murky tension that cover suggests.