Black Ops #3

From Image Comics' 1996 series comes Black Ops #3, with a cover by penciler Dan Norton and inker Sandra Hope that throws you straight into a frozen, explosive confrontation. A bearded operative — battered but defiant, clutching a glowing object — scrambles through a storm of shattered ice and snow while an enormous, fang-baring cybernetic creature looms over him with crushing mechanical arms. It's a visceral, kinetic image that makes clear this covert-action series isn't shy about pitting its human heroes against seriously overwhelming odds.