New Mutants #12

The cover by Mike Del Mundo puts the spotlight squarely on a blonde mutant at the center of a swirling energy vortex, surrounded on all sides by thrusting microphones bearing network logos like DOX, Suplex, and Channel 5 — a vivid image of a young mutant caught in a media firestorm. The bold headline "Mutants Menace Media!!!!!" captures the charged tension between mutantkind and the press that Brisson, Failla, and Lopez explore in "Monster Machine." It's a striking, cleverly composed issue that frames the X-Men's PR problem in a refreshingly grounded, all-too-human kind of chaos.