Original Sin #5.2

Part two of this 2014 Original Sin tie-in places Thor center stage, Mjolnir raised and expression fierce, flanked by a formidable red-haired warrior woman in golden armor on his left and a white-bearded, eyepatch-wearing elder figure — unmistakably Odin — on his right, with the gleaming crystalline towers of an otherworldly realm rising behind them. The tension between the three figures practically radiates off the cover, rendered with real dynamism by penciler and inker Dale Keown. With Jason Aaron and Al Ewing co-writing the five-part "Tenth Realm" story, this issue promises the Asgardian family drama and cosmic scale that makes this crossover event one of 2014's more compelling reads.