Black Widow #16

Phil Noto's cover for Black Widow #16 is a striking, unsettling close-up: a row of large, metallic teeth — dripping with what appears to be blood — surrounded entirely by roiling flames, with a small silhouette of Natasha herself framed quietly in the side panel. It's a deliberately provocative image that pairs visceral danger with elegant minimalism, very much in keeping with the tone Nathan Edmondson and Noto have cultivated throughout their run. If "How to Be Good" is the story's title, this cover suggests the cost of that goodness may be anything but simple.