Black Panther #3

Against a sweeping savanna skyline, the cover of Black Panther #3 puts T'Challa squarely in the thick of it — caught mid-leap between two armored warriors in striking blue regalia, one driving a golden trident toward him while the other presses in from below with crackling energy at play. Brian Stelfreeze's linework, colored by Laura Martin, gives the scene a sun-drenched intensity that feels both grounded and mythic. Ta-Nehisi Coates's "A Nation Under Our Feet" continues here, and this cover makes clear that Wakanda's troubles are anything but abstract.