Secret Warriors #9

Part three of "God of Fear, God of War" arrives with a cover by Jim Cheung that grabs attention immediately — a young woman in tactical gear is pinned down and crying out, while an armored, crackling blue energy-charged hand looms over her with unmistakable menace. The tension radiating from that image sets a perfect tone for Jonathan Hickman's run on this series, brought to life inside by artist and inker Alessandro Vitti with colors by Sunny Gho. If you've been following Nick Fury's covert team through 2009's Marvel landscape, this issue looks like exactly the kind of high-stakes chapter you don't want to skip.