Heroes for Hire #9

Four heroes find themselves dwarfed by a massive crimson creature whose towering legs frame them like a living trap — a tense, visually arresting setup from cover artist Michael Golden. The team of four — two women armed with pistols, a martial-arts fighter gripping a sword, and a young man caught wide-eyed in the middle — stand their ground against what lurks in the shadows around them. With Zeb Wells writing and Clay Mann on interior art, this 2007 Marvel issue promises the kind of action-packed, street-level tension that makes Heroes for Hire such a satisfying read.