Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #15

Part two of "Rotworld: Secrets of the Dead" arrives with a cover that captures Frankenstein — sword raised high, stitched green flesh unmistakable — riding a massive reanimated creature into a seething horde of rotted corpses that stretches to the horizon. The tagline "Last Stand Against the Rot!" says everything about the desperate, defiant energy Alberto Ponticelli and Wayne Faucher bring to this image, rendered with visceral detail and a blood-red sky pressing down on the carnage. Matt Kindt's 2013 New 52 run finds its monster-hero at his most cornered and compelling here.