Daken: Dark Wolverine #7

Daken stands triumphant beneath a full moon in Giuseppe Camuncoli's striking cover for this 2011 issue, claws extended and a grim smile on his face as a field of defeated bodies sprawls at his feet. The composition captures Wolverine's ruthless son at his most dangerous — surrounded by the fallen, looking every bit the predator who never loses. With Daniel Way and Agustín Padilla wrapping up the four-part "Empire Act 2" story, this is a satisfying capstone to an arc that's kept Daken operating in the shadows of ambition and violence.