Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill – The Green of Eden #1

Beta Ray Bill charges forward on this striking 2009 Marvel one-shot, hammer raised and gold-and-black armor gleaming, as a looming shadowy figure hovers ominously at his back — a cover image by Marko Djurdjević that immediately signals high-stakes tension in the aftermath of Secret Invasion. Spinning out of that Marvel-wide event, "The Green of Eden" brings Kieron Gillen's writing together with art by Dan Brereton to put one of the cosmos's mightiest warriors at the center of his own spotlight story. If you've been waiting for Beta Ray Bill to step out of Thor's shadow and carry a tale entirely his own, this one-shot is a satisfying place to start.