Invincible Iron Man #10

Tony Stark finds himself in a desperate position on Salvador Larroca's striking cover — armored in a sleek white Iron Man suit and reeling in apparent agony, while a mysterious long-haired figure looms above him, a glowing orb of energy crackling in his outstretched hand. Matt Fraction and Larroca's 2012 collaboration sets an ominous tone right from the title, "Night of the Long Knives," promising high stakes and a Tony Stark with his back against the wall. If you've been following this run, this tenth volume looks like exactly the kind of pressure-cooker storytelling that made Invincible Iron Man such a compelling series.