Penance: Relentless #1

Spinning directly out of Marvel's Civil War, this 2007 limited series opens with a striking cover by Paul Gulacy — a lone armored figure in jagged, spike-studded red and silver plating strides forward from a churning storm of smoke and lightning, radiating both power and torment. The design of that armor, all sharp edges and bolted plates, tells you everything you need to know about the darkness this character carries. Writer Paul Jenkins and artist Gulacy promise a story as uncompromising as its title: Relentless.