Rocket #2

Rocket Raccoon takes center stage on Mike Mayhew's cover for this 2017 Marvel series, snarling defiantly as a massive blue-skinned villain looms behind him — clown-faced and wide-eyed — while a spindly yellow alien and a green-skinned figure add to the cosmic chaos swirling around him. The title alone — "The Blue River Score, Part 1: Nobody Runs Forever" — promises a heist-flavored space caper with real stakes. With Al Ewing writing and Adam Gorham on art, colored by Michael Garland, this is the kind of scrappy, galaxy-hopping adventure that makes Rocket such an irresistible lead.