Black Panther #9

Priest and Manley's Marvel Knights run on Black Panther was firing on all cylinders by 1999, and issue #9 makes that instantly clear. Manley's cover places a fiercely focused Captain America — shield raised, jaw set — in the foreground, while the Black Panther leaps dynamically overhead against a moonlit city skyline, his golden-eyed mask and vibranium claws catching the light with menacing grace. With a story titled "Enemy of the State," the tension between two of Marvel's most principled heroes has rarely looked this charged.