Invincible #37

Ryan Ottley's cover for this 2006 Image series entry says everything you need to know: Invincible is delivering a ferocious, full-force punch that's shattering a large mechanized figure into a cascade of gears, bolts, and shrapnel — the impact practically leaps off the page. The confident grin on Mark's face as machinery explodes around him captures exactly the tone Robert Kirkman's series wears so well — serious power wrapped in youthful energy. With Ottley on both pencils and inks and Bill Crabtree's colors bringing the chaos to life, issue #37 is a vivid snapshot of why the header's boast — "Probably the Best Superhero Comic Book in the Universe" — never quite felt like a stretch.