Powers #17

Part five of the "Cosmic" arc arrives in this 2006 installment of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's hard-boiled superhero crime series. Oeming's cover art, rendered in a striking palette of deep reds and golds against a shadowy cityscape, places a determined red-haired woman at the fore — knife raised and eyes locked forward — while a stoic, tie-wearing figure looms below her. The composition crackles with noir tension, making this exactly the kind of cover that pulls you off the shelf and straight into the story.