Excalibur #20

Three figures scramble in obvious distress as an enormous, menacing face looms behind them in the sky — a striking composition from cover artist Mahmud Asrar that immediately signals something formidable bearing down on the team. The crackling pink-magenta energy surging around the fleeing characters gives the whole scene a charged, magical urgency that feels right at home in this corner of the X-Men universe. Tini Howard and Marcus To continue their run on Excalibur with issue #20, and that unsettling title — "No Pity from Your Friends" — hints that whatever danger is closing in may be closer to home than anyone would like.