Avengers: The Initiative #33

Part one of "The Hammer Falls" arrives under a rain-soaked cover by David Yardin that sets an unmistakably grim tone: a skull-faced figure in a dark cloak looms over a fallen, red-clad warrior lying motionless in the downpour, sword planted at their side. Behind them, a crimson sky silhouettes a besieged city — a vivid visual nod to the Siege crossover shaping this corner of the Marvel Universe in 2010. Christos N. Gage, Jorge Molina, Victor Olazaba, and Edgar Delgado bring the Initiative into the thick of Marvel's big war, and this cover makes clear the stakes are as high as they get.