Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #3

The sheer scale of the threat facing the Ultimate Universe is captured in one gut-punch image on Mark Bagley and John Dell's cover: a towering Galactus looms over a pile of fallen heroes — Rogue, Storm, a blonde figure, Iceman, and Polaris among them — crumpled and motionless against a fiery, darkened sky. It's a striking visual argument for just how outmatched Earth's mightiest might be in this penultimate chapter of Brian Michael Bendis's "Cataclysm" saga. If the first two issues left you wondering whether the Ultimates could survive the World Devourer, issue #3 makes the cover's answer feel uncomfortably clear.