Civil War: Front Line #7

The human cost of Marvel's 2006 Civil War event hits with quiet force on this cover — a gravely wounded figure in a shredded costume lies on a medical gurney, monitored by ECG leads and attended by gloved medical hands wielding a resuscitation bag. It's a strikingly restrained image for a superhero comic, trading spectacle for the sober reality of what conflict actually leaves behind. Paul Jenkins and Ramón Bachs continue "Embedded Part Seven," keeping the story grounded at street level where the consequences of the hero registration war are impossible to look away from.