Avengers Undercover #4

Five young figures in matching purple-and-gold masked costumes advance out of the shadows in a tight, foreboding formation — one crackles with blue energy at his fingertips, another wears a skull emblem on her shirt, and the mood is unmistakably that of teens who've crossed a line they can't easily uncross. Francesco Mattina's painted cover for "Descent, Part Four" perfectly captures the queasy thrill IGN called "a methodical, believable examination of how teen heroes could actually be tempted by villainy." Dennis Hopeless and artist Kev Walker's All-New Marvel NOW! series continues to make a compelling case that the most dangerous stories aren't about monsters — they're about choices.