Death of X #3

The penultimate chapter of this 2016 four-part Marvel series brings a striking image from cover artist Aaron Kuder: Cyclops and Emma Frost stand close together, their expressions taut with resolve, as they cradle a globe of the Earth — one already seeping toxic green and clutched from below by skeletal, decaying hands. It's a haunting visual that sets the stakes squarely on a planetary scale, with writers Jeff Lemire and Charles Soule driving the X-Men and Inhumans toward what promises to be a reckoning. If you've been following this series, issue #3 makes clear there's no turning back.