Extermination #4

The bold tagline "SUMMERS MUST DIE!" sets an urgent, high-stakes tone for this fourth chapter of Marvel's 2018 X-Men event series. Mark Brooks' cover art — styled as a homage to John Byrne — places a fiery red-haired Jean Grey in her black-and-red X-Men uniform front and center, one arm raised defiantly, while a young Cyclops charges alongside her with a weapon in hand, both standing amid a landscape of rubble with a looming robotic presence behind them. With writing by Ed Brisson and interior art from Pepe Larraz and Ario Anindito, Extermination continues to feel like one of 2018's most propulsive X-Men reads.