Mutant X #18

A menacing General Nick Fury — bemedaled, broad-shouldered, and gazing upward with cold authority — dominates this 2000 cover by penciler Cary Nord and inker Andrew Pepoy, flanked by a sea of uniformed young faces that stretch to the horizon. The tagline "Young People of America" and the ominous call to join Fury in "ridding the world of the Mutant Plague" set a chilling, propagandistic tone that hints at something deeply unsettling stirring in the Mutant X universe. It's a striking image that uses sheer scale and composition to make Fury feel both monumental and quietly threatening.