Namor: The First Mutant #8

Namor surges forward on this striking Phil Noto cover, mouth open in a fierce cry, surrounded by the ghostly, sepia-toned forms of fallen figures swirling around him — a vivid visual promise of the harrowing depths this "Fear Itself" tie-in is willing to explore. Issue #8 lands at part three of "Namor Goes to Hell," and that title alone tells you the Sub-Mariner is in genuinely desperate territory. With Stuart Moore writing and a rotating art team including Carlos Rodríguez, Sergio Ariño, and Antonio Fuso, this 2011 series continues to push Marvel's first mutant into some of his most intense corners yet.