Daredevil #20

Paolo Rivera's cover for this 2013 Eisner Award-winning series puts Daredevil front and center, suspended dramatically amid a dizzying array of weapons — rifles, ammunition belts, grenades, and loose bullets — while suited figures loom at the edges of the frame, suggesting he's landed squarely in very dangerous company. The composition is a clever top-down swirl that places Matt Murdock's red-clad Man Without Fear at the calm eye of an arsenal storm, billy club raised and fist ready. Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, and Javier Rodríguez continue what Eisner voters recognized as the best continuing series of its time — and covers like this make it easy to see why.