Excalibur #15

As the penultimate chapter of the sweeping "X of Swords" crossover, this issue of Excalibur arrives at a genuinely tense moment — part 21 of 22. Mahmud Asrar's cover places a massive, stone-faced figure in red armor at the center, one finger raised with quiet menace, while a collage of warriors, demons, and mystical figures swirls around him in a golden haze of conflict. It's a striking visual summation of a saga stretched across the breadth of the X-Men line, with Tini Howard's story promise resting on the edge of its conclusion.