Daredevil #9

A striking rooftop standoff sets the tone for this 2014 entry in Marvel's acclaimed Daredevil run — on the cover by Chris Samnee, the Man Without Fear stands alone at the edge of a precipice in his sharp black-and-red costume, facing a group of masked children gathered on the opposite ledge, the city's towering buildings looming in the misty background. The image is quietly unsettling, with Samnee's clean, confident linework and Matthew Wilson's muted palette giving the scene real atmospheric weight. Mark Waid and Samnee were firing on all cylinders in 2014, and this cover alone signals something compellingly different ahead.