New Avengers #9

Bathed in deep, otherworldly blue, Mike Deodato's cover for this 2013 New Avengers issue is a striking study in menace — Thanos looms massive in the foreground, his massive silhouetted form radiating cold authority, while behind him a formidable gathering of dark figures, including a towering armored brute and an imposing spear-wielder, fan out against the void. The Illuminati's Avengers/Omega symbol presides ominously overhead, hinting at the cosmic stakes of Jonathan Hickman's "The Cull Obsidian [Infinity]" storyline. It's a beautifully composed image that makes clear these New Avengers are facing something vast and genuinely threatening.