Avengers & X-Men: Axis #4

Book Two of the Avengers & X-Men: AXIS event kicks off its "Inversion" arc with issue #4, and Jim Cheung's cover sets an ominous tone — a massive, glowering Apocalypse looms on the left while a red-eyed, crackling figure surges up from below, with a group of X-Men including Cyclops, Storm, and Nightcrawler arrayed on the right, all bisected by the crackling AXIS logo. The sense of fractured allegiances and raw power is immediate, with the diagonal lightning bolt splitting heroes and threats in a way that feels genuinely unsettling. Rick Remender scripts with Leinil Francis Yu on interior art, promising the same bold, large-scale storytelling that has defined this crossover event.