Secret Six #3

Gail Simone's morally tangled team of DC villains-for-hire assembles in full force on this January 2009 cover, with Nicola Scott depicting Bane looming large at the back, a masked silver-suited figure, a red-caped woman, a caped figure in brown, and a harlequin-masked character pressed together against a road stretching toward a distant explosion. It's a portrait of dangerous, uneasy alliance — five volatile personalities crowded into one tense frame — that perfectly captures the off-kilter energy of "Unhinged, Part Three: A Run of Misfortune." Scott's linework gives each figure a distinct personality even in this single charged image, making the team feel both cohesive and ready to fly apart at any moment.