New Mutants #44

Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning kick off "Fear the Future" — a three-part story arc — with New Mutants #44, and John Tyler Christopher's cover sets the stakes immediately. A dynamic, vertically composed battle erupts across the image: a silver-skinned figure crackles with pink energy at the center, clashing with a dark-clad, mustachioed man wielding glowing teal disc-like constructs, while a bald fighter in white lunges forward from below amid a burst of light, and additional figures — robotic limbs, shadowy combatants — press in from the edges. With Leandro Fernández on interior art and the vibrant color work of Val Staples bringing the 2012 series to life, this is a compelling entry point for one of Marvel's most enduring team books.