Secret Avengers #16

Warren Ellis and Jamie McKelvie's run on Secret Avengers continues with issue #16, "Subland Empire," and John Cassaday's cover sets the mood perfectly — three black-clad operatives move with covert urgency against a bold orange-and-red title backdrop, with a star-emblazoned figure in the foreground and a dark, feral figure looming behind a dark-haired woman. The tagline says it all: "Run the mission. Don't get seen. Save the world." It's a sharp, stylish snapshot of Marvel's most clandestine team in 2011 form, with McKelvie and colorist Matthew Wilson delivering clean, confident interiors to match.