Citizen V and the V-Battalion #3

Two figures face off in tense close-up on this 2001 cover — a costumed woman with a star emblem and a silver-haired older man in a suit, their gazes locked with quiet intensity. Between them, rendered in cool blue tones, an armored figure battles in orbit around Earth near a space station, hinting at high-stakes conflict unfolding on a grand scale. Writer Fabian Nicieza and artists Michael Ryan and Sean Parsons bring the action and intrigue promised by the Thunderbolts corner box badge to vivid life in this third chapter, "From a Whisper to a Scream.