Giant-Size Little Marvel: AvX #4

The battlefield has gone quiet — and the casualties are toys. Skottie Young and Jean-François Beaulieu's cover for this Secret Wars tie-in presents a wonderfully grim little tableau: cracked and battered helmets (Iron Man and Spider-Man among the fallen), a toppled toy box spilling out Mjolnir, the Infinity Gauntlet, Captain America's shield, and a jumble of other Marvel relics across a scattered, debris-strewn floor. It's a charming, unexpectedly melancholy image that wraps up this miniature Avengers vs. X-Men showdown with a knowing wink at the absurdity — and the stakes — of superhero rivalries played out in pint-sized form.