Herc #10

From writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, Herc #10 brings an electric pairing to Marvel's pages — Elektra, in her signature red, brandishes a gleaming katana as she stands over a rope-bound Hercules, who strains against his restraints amid a field of wreckage and scattered blades. The cover pencils by Carlo Pagulayan and inks by Jason Paz give both characters a raw, kinetic presence that makes their uneasy dynamic leap right off the page. With "Storybook Ending" as the chapter title, this 2012 issue promises that the tension between a tied-up demigod and one of Marvel's most formidable warriors is anything but a fairy tale.