Big Town #2

Issue two of this four-part Marvel miniseries puts a formidable trio front and center: a bare-chested, arms-crossed figure radiating cool authority stands in the foreground, flanked by a brooding grey-skinned behemoth and a sleek, red-eyed armored figure lurking in the shadows behind him. The cover by Mike McKone delivers a striking, low-angle composition that makes these three feel genuinely dangerous together. Steve Englehart's alternate-reality take on the Fantastic Four world keeps building momentum with this kind of confident, tension-charged imagery.