New Mutants #2

This second issue of Marvel's 2003 New Mutants series features a quietly arresting cover by Joshua Middleton — a young woman wearing an X-Men armband stands at the center, surrounded by drifting feathers and wildflowers in warm, muted tones that give the image an almost dreamlike stillness. Her steady, searching gaze and the swirling natural imagery suggest someone caught between two worlds, identity and belonging hovering just beneath the surface. With Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir at the helm and art by Keron Grant, this series was already distinguishing itself with genuine emotional depth just one issue in.