Rocket Raccoon and Groot #9

The Civil War II banner sets a surprisingly offbeat stage here, as David López's cover depicts a massive, shadowy creature looming over a snarling Rocket Raccoon amid towering flames and a burning building — while a small figure in a red-and-pink costume coolly rides away on a pastel scooter in the foreground. That tonal contrast between the apocalyptic chaos above and the breezy getaway below perfectly captures the book's knack for mixing genuine peril with absurdist charm. With Nick Kocher writing and Michael Walsh on art, issue #9 — subtitled Gone with the Gwen'd — promises the kind of gleefully strange adventure that makes this series such a fun corner of the Marvel universe.