Captain America #19

Part two of "Twenty-First Century Blitz" finds Captain America charging through a rubble-strewn urban battlefield, his vibranium shield sparking with incoming fire as a masked gunman blazes away directly behind him. Steve Epting's cover crackles with kinetic tension — the debris-filled street and crumbling architecture suggest a city under siege, and the tight framing puts you right in the thick of the action. Ed Brubaker and Epting were crafting one of the most gripping Cap runs of 2006, and this installment looks every bit the part.