Exiles #25

Exiles #25 brings the "With an Iron Fist" arc to its conclusion, and Kev Walker's cover art sets the tone with striking confidence — a snarling, massively built figure dominates the foreground while a white-haired, luminous figure streaks through a stormy sky above him, crackling with lightning. The moody blue palette gives the whole image a charged, otherworldly tension that feels perfect for a team of dimension-hopping mutants at the height of a high-stakes storyline. Judd Winick's writing paired with Walker's art made this one of the more compelling stretches of the series in 2003.