Invincible Iron Man #519

Part four of "Long Way Down" arrives with a cover that sets the tension beautifully: a disheveled Tony Stark stands side by side with a sleek, darkly-armored Iron Man suit glowing with luminous white circuitry, both figures silhouetted against a stark, moon-like circle. The contrast between the vulnerable, unarmored man and the powerful suit behind him tells its own story of identity and stakes. Salvador Larroca and colorist Frank D'Armata give the image a moody, almost cinematic quality that makes this 2012 chapter of Matt Fraction's run feel genuinely compelling.