Secret Avengers #28

Part three of "Operation Phoenix" arrives with a cover by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer that's hard to look away from — a fiery female figure crackles with Phoenix-force energy in the foreground while a caped, hammer-wielding Thor charges through the blazing sky behind her, all framed by alien spires beneath a swirling cosmic inferno. The Avengers vs. X-Men banner overhead makes clear this 2012 issue lands squarely in one of Marvel's most ambitious crossover events. Rick Remender, Renato Guedes, and Matthew Wilson carry the interior, promising that the tension visible on this scorched cover runs just as hot inside.