Defenders #3

Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez's 2021 reimagining of Marvel's most unconventional super-team continues with this vivid third issue, featuring a cover by Rodríguez that earns its "Perfect from cover to cover" praise — bathed in electric turquoise with sickly green tentacles coiling around the entire group. Doctor Strange reaches outward with sorcerous intent at lower left, a mysterious hat-and-gun-toting figure looms at center, a winged dark-clad figure dominates the top alongside a masked companion and a green-skinned woman with a weapon, while a wide-eyed blonde figure radiating starlight anchors the bottom foreground. It's a striking ensemble portrait that makes a confident case for this team as one of Marvel's most intriguing gatherings.