New Mutants #37

From writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, this 2012 Marvel issue carries the bold tagline "A Date with the Devil" — and the cover by Kris Anka makes that promise hard to resist. A fiery, flame-wreathed woman in an elegant black dress extends her hand to a sharply dressed, horned figure bowing gallantly to meet it, while below them a group of New Mutants scrambles amid what appears to be chaos and combat. It's a striking contrast of dangerous romance and team-level mayhem that sets a wonderfully tense, stylish tone for "Hot Date.