Secret Avengers #9

The sweeping cover of Secret Avengers #9 sets a grand stage, with two women — one in dark tactical gear, another in a flowing cape — soaring through a dramatic sky above a vast, rocky canyon. Looming over the scene is a colossal, unsettling face embedded in a towering alien structure, its glowing eyes fixed with eerie intensity as a crimson energy beam cuts across the sky. By Kot, Walsh, and Wilson, this 2014 Marvel entry promises the kind of high-stakes, visually ambitious espionage adventure that makes this series such a distinctive corner of the Marvel universe.