Generation X Classic #2

Marvel's young mutant team bursts across this 2013 trade paperback collection in a swirling, psychedelic splash of color — Michael Golden's cover art packs the frame with Generation X members, from a white-clad Emma Frost and a dark-haired young woman in the background to a heavyset teen grinning in the foreground and a figure brandishing what appears to be a firearm front and center. Golden handles both pencils and inks here, and his kinetic, densely layered composition captures the chaotic energy that made this team such a compelling corner of the Marvel Universe.