Fury Max #9

Dave Johnson's cover for issue #9 of Fury MAX: My War Gone By is a striking composition — Nick Fury's battle-scarred, eye-patched face dominates the left side, jaw set in barely contained fury, while a circular inset on the right frames a second scarred figure looming over a crouching gunman armed with a sniper rifle. Above them both, a formation of U.S. Air Force bombers trails a cascade of falling ordnance, tying the ground-level tension directly to the broader machinery of war. With Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, and Lee Loughridge delivering their characteristically grounded, unflinching take on the Cold War era, this 2013 Marvel MAX installment promises exactly the kind of morally complex, mature storytelling the series has made its name on.