Mystique #12

Mystique leaps from a massive fireball on Mike Mayhew's cover, dual pistols blazing and her blue skin lit by the explosion's glow — it's a striking image that captures the shape-shifting mutant at her most ferociously unguarded. This is "Maker's Mark Part 2 of 2," the conclusion to a two-part arc written by Brian K. Vaughan with interior art by Manuel García and Raúl Fernández. If you've been following this run, issue #12 looks like a fittingly high-octane payoff.