Mystique #6

The concluding chapter of "Dead Drop Gorgeous" arrives with a cover by Joseph Michael Linsner that makes an immediate impression: Mystique — blue-skinned, red-haired, and wearing a red crop top and pants — is depicted with six arms in a deity-like pose, each hand gripping a pistol or firearm, while three human skulls orbit her against a blazing circular backdrop. It's a bold, stylized image that frames Marvel's most dangerous shapeshifter as something practically mythological. Brian K. Vaughan and Jorge Lucas bring this arc to its close, and if the cover is any indication, the finale carries some serious weight.