Incredible Hercules #137

A young man deep in concentration — his mind seemingly alight with physics equations scrawled across the background — anchors this striking cover for Incredible Hercules #137, while above him a roaring lion and a muscular, headband-wearing brawler clash in mid-air. Rafael Albuquerque's cover art balances brainpower and brute force in a single elegant composition, hinting that wit and strength are equally in play in "Atonement." With Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente at the helm and art by Rodney Buchemi, this 2009 Marvel chapter looks like a genuinely compelling collision of myth and intellect.