New Avengers #21

A solitary figure stands silhouetted against a blazing, shattering world — fists clenched, a glowing device at their chest, reality itself cracking outward in every direction in a burst of fiery light. Dustin Weaver's cover for "The Bomb" is a striking, almost elemental image that captures the immense, terrible weight the Illuminati carry in Jonathan Hickman's run. With art by Valerio Schiti and colors by Frank Martin inside, this 2014 issue promises the kind of cosmic-scale tension that has made this series one of Marvel's most compelling reads.