Invincible #88

Ryan Ottley's cover for Invincible #88 pulls no punches — Mark Grayson in his signature blue-and-yellow costume brings a brutal overhead strike down on a bloodied, dark-haired opponent tumbling helplessly through a chaos of smoke and debris, while a horrified young woman in pink looks on from the lower corner. Robert Kirkman's series proudly proclaims itself "the best superhero comic book in the universe," and covers like this — raw, visceral, and beautifully rendered by Ottley and colored by John Rauch in fiery oranges and reds — make it a hard claim to argue with.