New Mutants #28

Leinil Francis Yu's cover for this 2022 Destiny of X chapter sets a striking scene deep in a hellish, demon-flanked landscape: Magik crouches in the foreground gripping heavy chains, clad in her spiked Soulsword armor, her expression somewhere between smoldering and dangerous, while a red-haired figure enthroned behind her commands the scene with quiet authority. The story title — "The Queen Is Dead, Long Live the Queen" — hangs over that image like a promise, and the tension between those two figures feels anything but settled. Vita Ayala and the art team of Rod Reis and Jan Duursema bring this chapter of the New Mutants' Krakoan era to life with genuine stakes.