Citizen V and the V-Battalion: The Everlasting #3

The penultimate chapter of this 2002 Marvel miniseries arrives with a striking cover by Mike Deodato Jr. — rendered in dramatic pencil-and-ink grayscale — that thrusts an armored, sword-wielding figure dramatically upward into a flash of lightning, dark wings sweeping the background. Writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Lewis LaRosa bring their talents to "The Devil You Know," promising the kind of tension that fits perfectly into the third act of a four-issue story. If the cover's electrifying image of that gleaming, battle-ready warrior is any indication, the V-Battalion's world is about to get considerably more dangerous.