Gambit & Bishop #2

Part 2 of this 2001 bi-weekly Marvel miniseries centers on a striking, eerie figure — a pale, wild-haired, darkly marked being crackling with pink energy — who looms over two blonde women while clutching a ten of hearts playing card. The corner inset shows Gambit and Bishop in tense proximity, hinting at the uneasy partnership driving the "Sons of the Atom" arc. J. H. Williams III and Mick Gray deliver a cover that's equal parts unsettling and visually arresting, written by Scott Lobdell with art by Cary Nord and inks by Mark Lipka inside.