New Avengers #5

Jonathan Hickman's New Avengers #5 from 2013 carries one of that year's most quietly arresting covers — Jock renders a pale, long-haired woman with glowing red eyes holding a set of scales, her ghostly figure at the center of concentric ripples scattered with New Avengers logos, suggesting balance, judgment, and something deeply unsettling. The minimalist white field makes the figure feel both inevitable and eerie, a perfect visual complement to the issue's title, "Black Swans." Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, and Frank D'Armata bring that same cool precision to the interiors of this Hickman-penned chapter in one of Marvel NOW!'s most ambitious team books.