Mystique #16

Marvel's shapeshifting blue mutant is front and center on this 2004 cover, rendered with striking photorealism by Mike Mayhew — Mystique contorts acrobatically through a grid of crisscrossing laser beams, her yellow eyes gleaming as she navigates the deadly maze with predatory grace. It's a beautifully composed image that captures exactly the kind of dangerous, fluid elegance that defines the character. Sean McKeever, Manuel García, and Jay Leisten continue "Unnatural" with part three of five inside.