House of X #3

The third chapter of Jonathan Hickman's landmark House of X series presents a cover by Pepe Larraz that pulses with urgent energy — Cyclops and Wolverine charge forward in the foreground while a fierce woman in a winged costume, Colossus, and two additional mutants press in behind them, the whole group surging toward something massive and radiant that blazes with blinding golden light. Marte Gracia's colors push that solar flare to near-overwhelming intensity, making the team's determination feel all the more striking against the looming mechanical shape above. With a story titled "Once More Unto the Breach," issue three of six promises the kind of high-stakes mutant action that made this 2019 series feel genuinely essential.