Iron Man 2.0 #9

War Machine looms large on Salvador Larroca's cover for this 2011 Marvel series, his dark, battle-worn armor filling the frame as a blazing repulsor beam charges in his outstretched palm. The orange glow of his visor cuts through the fiery light behind him, giving the image a genuinely ominous intensity. With Nick Spencer writing and Ariel Olivetti handling interior art, colors, and inks alongside José Villarrubia, issue #9 — "Three Months in the Life and Death of Palmer Addley" — promises a story as charged as the cover suggests.