Hawkeye #5

The stark white cover of this 2013 Marvel issue makes a bold statement with a single shattered VHS cassette — labeled "The Tape, Part 2: Operation Eucritta" — surrounded by explosive splashes of red. David Aja's minimalist cover design is striking in its simplicity, letting that battered tape and the bloodlike splattering do all the visual heavy lifting. Matt Fraction, Javier Pulido, and Matt Hollingsworth bring their sharp creative instincts to the second half of this two-part story, and the cover alone promises something tense and consequential hinging on whatever secrets that cassette contains.