New Mutants #5

A massive, battle-damaged mechanical giant looms over a rocky desert landscape on Adam Kubert's striking cover for this 2009 Marvel series — sparks flying, claws digging into the earth, its glowing eyes radiating pure menace. The sheer scale of the threat on display sets a brooding, high-stakes tone that writer Zeb Wells and artist Zachary Baldus carry into "Debrief," the fifth chapter of this revived New Mutants saga. If you've been following along, this issue looks like exactly the kind of escalation that keeps readers coming back.