Drax the Destroyer #2

Thanos looms massive and furious on Mitchell Breitweiser's cover for this second chapter of Marvel's 2005 limited series, his gold helmet and glowing red eyes filling the frame as a green-skinned figure — Drax himself — is shoved into the foreground, battered and overwhelmed. Keith Giffen's "Illegal Aliens" storyline promises a cosmic collision of titanic proportions, and this cover sets the stakes in vivid, visceral terms. A compelling mid-series snapshot for anyone following one of Marvel's most relentless grudge matches.