Sigil #3

The cover of this 2011 Marvel/CrossGen revival sets the tension perfectly: a red-haired young woman clutches a brilliantly glowing golden blade while facing down a powerfully built, tattooed man whose raised fist crackles with its own fierce energy. Cover artist Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic renders the confrontation in rich, fiery tones that make the two figures feel genuinely matched — and genuinely dangerous to each other. With Mike Carey writing and Leonard Kirk on interior art, issue #3 of Sigil looks like a series firing on all cylinders.