Nth Man the Ultimate Ninja #5

Issue #5 of Marvel's Nth Man the Ultimate Ninja delivers a tense, intimate standoff that feels far more personal than a typical ninja adventure. Ron Wagner and Bob McLeod's cover places the white-haired Nth Man sprawled in a hay-strewn barn, gripping a weapon, while a young woman named Sasha looms over him — and a green-bereted soldier behind her levels a gun, pleading "Please drop it, Sasha, don't make me shoot you." The Cold War-tinged imagery — Soviet and American symbols flanking the title — sets a charged backdrop for Larry Hama's "Intimations of Valor," with interior art by Ron Wagner and Fred Fredericks bringing it all to life.