Captain America #9

Captain America charges forward shield-raised against a dramatic, battle-scarred sky filled with fighter jets and military aircraft — flanked by Black Widow and a team of heavily armed tactical operatives — in this 2005 chapter of Ed Brubaker's acclaimed run. The cover, rendered by Steve Epting, crackles with urgency and military intensity, capturing a squad braced for overwhelming odds. "The Winter Soldier, Part 2 of 6" promises the kind of grounded, espionage-tinged storytelling that made this era of the series genuinely compelling.