Illuminati #5

Marvel's Illuminati #5 (2016) presents a striking, tension-soaked image by cover artist Riley Rossmo: two figures — one sweeping in a dramatic red hooded cloak, the other in a spiked combat outfit with a purple headband — stand bound in heavy chains against a stark crimson grid of bars. The composition immediately raises the question of who has brought these two to their knees, and why. With Joshua Williamson writing and Kev Walker and John Rauch handling interior art and colors, this series continues to find compelling drama in Marvel's shadowy criminal underworld.