Daredevil #116

The cover of Daredevil #116 says everything with chilling economy: Wilson Fisk — the Kingpin — fills the frame in an extreme close-up, his massive bald head bowed beneath a violent slash of red that blindfolds his eyes like a wound, with the arc banner "Return of the King: Part One" looming above him. Marko Djurdjević's painted cover work gives Fisk a quiet, almost meditative menace, suggesting a man with nothing left to prove and everything left to take. With Ed Brubaker writing and David Aja on interior art, this 2009 issue promises the kind of street-level, noir-drenched Daredevil storytelling that made this creative team's run so compelling.