Savage Avengers #9

The "Death to Kulan Gath!" banner sets the stakes clearly on this 2020 Marvel Parental Advisory issue, as the towering, decaying sorcerer himself looms menacingly over a desperate battle on the cover by Valerio Giangiordano. Facing him is a striking assemblage — a Captain Universe-empowered figure channeling a glowing orb, the rocky form of the Thing, a cloaked Doctor Doom crackling with blue lightning, and a sword-wielding Wolverine lunging from the right. Gerry Duggan, Patrick Zircher, and Java Tartaglia bring "Chapter Nine: Blood in the Sand" to life in what promises to be a brutal, magically charged confrontation.