Guardians of the Galaxy #12

Arthur Adams's cover for this 2016 Civil War II tie-in crackles with tension as Gamora and Captain Marvel clash head-on — staff meeting energy blast in a violent collision — while a battle-worn Captain Marvel looms large in the background and a bloodied, determined figure fills the foreground. The split-panel composition frames the conflict on a cosmic scale, suggesting the Marvel universe's great ideological rift has reached the Guardians themselves. Bendis, Schiti, and Isanove bring the interstellar drama home in what promises to be one of the team's most personal confrontations.