Secret Avengers #5

Against a backdrop of roiling fire and chaos, this 2010 Heroic Age installment puts Max Fury front and center — armored, dual-wielding firearms, and adorned with a dragon emblem that signals he's very much his own kind of threat. Marko Djurdjević's cover art gives the character a coolly menacing confidence, with spears and a mysterious masked figure lurking in the smoky background. Ed Brubaker and artists David Aja, Michael Lark, and José Villarrubia bring their considerable talents to "The Secret Life of Max Fury," making issue #5 a compelling chapter in this covert corner of the Marvel Universe.