Excalibur #8

A red-suited villain clutching a serpentine whip commands the foreground of Mahmud Asrar's striking cover, his skull-emblazoned coat projecting an air of cool menace while the assembled faces of Excalibur's roster — including Rogue, Gambit, a pink-haired figure with a rose, the imposing gray-skinned Apocalypse, and several others — loom around him like portraits on a wall. It's a composition that quietly oozes tension, hinting at shifting loyalties and uneasy alliances within the team. Writer Tini Howard and artists Wilton Santos and Marcus To continue "The Unspeakable and the Unbeatable II" in what looks to be one of this series' most character-rich chapters of 2020.