Doctor Doom #9

This striking cover by Salvador Larroca presents a split-face portrait of Victor Von Doom — one half revealing scarred, unmasked flesh beneath the green hood, the other half clad in his cold iron armor — a quietly powerful image that captures the man and the monarch in a single haunting gaze. Christopher Cantwell and Larroca's Doctor Doom has earned its reputation for bringing psychological depth to Latveria's ruler, and issue #9, "The Windmills of My Mind," signals that the tension between Doom's humanity and his iron will remains very much at the heart of the series. Colorist Guru-eFX bathes the composition in brooding earth tones that make those piercing eyes all the more arresting — a compelling reason to pick this one up.