Magneto #1

Paolo Rivera's cover for this 2014 Marvel NOW! series opener is striking in its stark simplicity — Magneto's unmasked face stares out with cold intensity, wrapped in coiling barbed wire against a blood-red background, suggesting a man defined as much by confinement and suffering as by power. Writer Cullen Bunn teams with artist Gabriel Hernández Walta and colorist Jordie Bellaire to deliver what promises to be a deeply personal, morally complex look at one of Marvel's most compelling figures. If you've ever wanted a solo Magneto series willing to sit with the darkness of his history, this first issue makes a compelling case for itself right from the cover.