FF #19

Two children in matching safari outfits — pith helmets, khaki gear, and hiking boots — ride atop a rhinoceros amid a small herd, one casually playing a handheld game console and the other sipping a juice box as if this were the most ordinary afternoon imaginable. That cheerful contrast between childhood nonchalance and a wild savanna setting gives Mike Choi's cover an irresistible charm that perfectly suits the issue's story title, "Safari." Jonathan Hickman and Gabriel Hernández Walta's FF #19 is a 2012 Marvel gem that leans into the series' signature blend of wide-eyed wonder and boundless imagination.