House of M #2

Part of Marvel's 2015 Secret Wars event, this issue of House of M pulls you straight into a tense aquatic confrontation between two powerful figures — a bare-chested mutant with white hair surging through crashing waves and a fierce, dark-haired opponent in a yellow-and-black uniform bearing down on him with fists raised. Kris Anka's cover composition is all kinetic energy, with the looming Magneto crest glowing behind them like a silent judge over the conflict. Writers Dennis Hopeless and Cullen Bunn, with artist Marco Failla and colorist Matt Wilson, bring the Battleworld's mutant monarchy to vivid, charged life.