Captain America: Patriot #3

The penultimate chapter of this 2010 Marvel limited series delivers a rain-soaked cover where a sharply dressed figure — splattered with red and leaping away at full speed — is pursued across a rooftop edge by a shield-wielding Captain America charging hard through the downpour. Mitch Breitweiser's moody, painterly cover work captures both the kinetic tension of the chase and the noir atmosphere that defines this series. With Karl Kesel's story pushing into "Truth & Justice" territory, issue three feels like exactly the right moment for the stakes to come to a head.