Avengers & X-Men: Axis #1

Marvel's 2014 crossover event kicks off here as the Avengers and X-Men unite against a terrifying threat — and the cover by Jim Cheung makes the stakes immediately clear. Iron Man surges forward at the center, flanked by Thor, Scarlet Witch, and a team of heroes including Storm and others rallying behind him, while below them a massive Red Skull — armored and wreathed in fire and smoke — looms as the looming force behind "The Red Supremacy." Rick Remender writes and Adam Kubert illustrates what promises to be a bold convergence of Marvel's mightiest, with Laura Martin and Matt Milla's colors giving the whole confrontation a suitably epic weight.