New Avengers #45

Tied directly into the sweeping 2008 Secret Invasion crossover event, this issue brings together a remarkable assembly of Marvel heroes on Aleksi Briclot's atmospheric painted cover — Wolverine front and center in his yellow-and-black suit, flanked by Iron Man soaring overhead with repulsor glowing, Beast crouching low, Captain America, Spider-Man, Cyclops, and a host of other recognizable figures all bracing against a stormy sky. Brian Michael Bendis scripts with Jim Cheung on interior art, delivering the kind of team-driven tension that made this era of New Avengers so compelling. If you were following the Skrull infiltration storyline, this is exactly the issue you'd want in your collection.