Secret Avengers #7

The cover by Tomm Coker says it all — this S.H.I.E.L.D.-sanctioned team means business. Nick Fury Jr. stands armed at the center, flanked by Black Widow and Mockingbird crouched in the foreground, Hawkeye drawing his bow to the right, and the Hulk looming large behind them all against a backdrop of massive mechanical machinery. With writer Nick Spencer and artists Butch Guice, Steve Epting, and Brian Thies handling "Mission 006: Iliad, Pt. 2," this 2013 Marvel NOW! entry delivers the kind of covert-ops intensity that makes Secret Avengers such a compelling corner of the Marvel universe.