Daken: Dark Wolverine #2

Two figures locked in a seething, close-quarters standoff dominate this fiery cover — Daken, claws extended and gleaming, faces off nose-to-nose against a flame-wreathed opponent bathed in hellish red and orange light, with the banner "Wolverine Goes to Hell!" setting an ominous tone. Giuseppe Camuncoli and Onofrio Catacchio's cover work is striking in its intensity, the crimson palette and tight framing giving the confrontation a visceral, almost claustrophobic charge. Part two of "Empire Act 1," written by Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu, keeps this 2010 series firmly in dark, dangerous territory.