Iron Man: Inevitable #5

The penultimate chapter of this 2006 Marvel limited series offers one of its most quietly striking images: Tony Stark, helmetless and still clad in his red-and-gold armor, sits hunched in grief before a stone memorial marked "In Loving Memory," his discarded Iron Man helmet resting on the ground beside him. Frazer Irving's cover work strips away the heroic bravado entirely, presenting a deeply human moment of loss framed by carved angels and funerary stonework. With Civil War beginning to cast its shadow across the Marvel Universe, "Book Five: The Anti-Mask" promises a raw, introspective turn as the series heads into its finale.