Mystery Men #4

Issue four of five in Marvel's 2011 limited series brings the team of masked heroes into sharp focus — literally. Patrick Zircher's cover arranges four distinct figures in a striking vertical panel composition: a bandaged face, a dark-masked figure, a determined young man, and a cloaked figure flank a central airborne heroine in a winged brown costume with goggled helmet, diving forward with a skull-and-crossbones emblem on her chest. With David Liss scripting and Zircher's clean, confident linework setting a pulpy 1930s Marvel tone, this penultimate chapter promises the kind of tension that only builds when the finish line is one issue away.