Champions #21

The Champions' "Northern Lights" arc comes to a head in issue #21, with the cover by Stefano Caselli pulling no punches: Amadeus Cho's Hulk and Miles Morales' Spider-Man square off against Alpha Flight's Sasquatch and Vindicator, while a lightning-charged figure, a winged Snowbird, and the armored Ironheart clash in the skies above. It's a hero-versus-hero collision that captures exactly the kind of moral tension the Champions thrive on — "because the world still needs heroes," even when they're fighting each other. Writer Jim Zub and artist Sean Izaakse, with colors by Marcio Menyz, deliver what looks to be a charged, emotionally layered conclusion to one of 2018's most compelling cross-team confrontations.