New Avengers #18

A sharp-suited figure points directly at the reader with a commanding "I Want You!" while an imposing hulking silhouette and a host of shadowy figures loom behind him — it's a bold, recruitment-poster twist on Marvel's dark side, rendered with striking intensity by cover artist Mike Deodato. Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato's 2012 run on New Avengers continues to push the title into morally complex territory, and this issue's cover makes clear that someone powerful is assembling a dangerous new roster. Rain Beredo's deep red and orange palette gives the whole scene a brooding, urgent heat that's hard to look away from.