Moon Knight #5

Alex Maleev's painterly cover for this 2011 issue splits the frame between Spider-Man's red-and-blue masked face and a snarling, bare-faced figure in Wolverine's yellow cowl — a striking visual that hints at the fractured psyche at the heart of Moon Knight's world. Brian Michael Bendis and Maleev's collaboration on this series has been celebrated for bringing a noir-drenched intensity to Marc Spector's story, and that mood is unmistakably present here in every textured brushstroke. If you've been following this run, issue #5 promises the same unsettling psychological edge that makes this one of 2011's more distinctive Marvel titles.