Hail Hydra #2

Part of Marvel's 2015 Secret Wars event, this second issue of Hail Hydra delivers a striking cover by Andrew Robinson — a battered, bloodied figure in a blue-and-gold costume is pinned low to the ground while a snarling, green-tinged symbiote-like creature looms overhead, claws outstretched and tongue lashing, ready to strike. Onlookers linger in the shadowy background, framed by hanging artwork, lending the scene an unsettling, almost theatrical tension. Robinson's painted style gives every drop of blood and every gleaming fang a visceral weight that makes this one hard to put down.