Exceptional X-Men #8

Exceptional X-Men #8 presents a genuinely unsettling image: a sinister, long-haired villain in dark armor stands before two large cylindrical containment tubes, each holding a submerged figure — one with striking golden hair and another in green and black — both pressing their hands against the glass. Carmen Carnero's linework gives the scene a cold, controlled menace, with Nolan Woodard's sickly yellow-green lighting lending the whole composition an eerie, almost clinical dread. Eve L. Ewing's 2025 run continues to find fresh tension in the X-Men corner of the Marvel universe, and this cover promises the team's troubles are far from over.