Excalibur #96

In "Fireback," Excalibur faces a fracture in its ranks when Shinobi approaches Brian with an offer to rejoin the British Hellfire Club—now that Mountjoy has ascended to the Inner Circle. While half the team travels to New York to retrieve Alistaire, who’s unexpectedly at the X-Mansion with vital intel, they’re ambushed by Black Air, setting off a tense and unpredictable mission. Written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Carlos Pacheco, with inks by Bob Wiacek and colors by Ariane Lenshoek and Malibu's Hues, the issue’s cover by Pacheco and Wiacek captures the escalating stakes.