New X-Men #115

Part two of Grant Morrison's "E Is for Extinction" arc arrives in this August 2001 issue, with a Frank Quitely and Tim Townsend cover that puts Wolverine's face front and center — tension written across every line of his gritted-teeth expression as a gleaming blade bisects the composition between his two halves. The stark, close-up framing makes the threat feel immediate and personal, a bold design choice that signals something is very much at stake in the middle chapter of this three-part story.