New Avengers #3

Three brooding, larger-than-life figures loom against a crimson-drenched cityscape on Mike Deodato's striking cover — a compelling visual promise of the high-stakes, high-concept storytelling Jonathan Hickman's New Avengers became known for. Subtitled Other Worlds, this 2014 Marvel NOW! collection carries that sense of vast, unsettling possibility right on its face, with the Illuminati's world rendered in shadows and tension. If you're drawn to superhero comics that lean into cosmic dread and moral complexity, this is a great place to look.