Powers #30

Part six of "The 25 Coolest Dead Superheroes Of All Time" arrives with a cover that says everything through restraint — a blonde figure's face emerges from near-total darkness, half-obscured, radiating quiet tension in Michael Avon Oeming's bold, graphic style. Bendis and Oeming's crime-meets-superpowers series has always excelled at finding the human beneath the cape, and this stark, shadowed portrait captures that mood perfectly. If you've been following this arc, issue #30 is not one to skip.