Silver Surfer #5

The finale of this 2011 Marvel limited series goes out in a blaze of cosmic glory, and the cover makes the stakes crystal clear: the Silver Surfer, crackling with blue Power Cosmic energy and surfboard at his feet, faces off against a golden-armored, long-haired figure wreathed in fiery red-orange energy against a star-strewn backdrop. Carlo Pagulayan's cover art captures the raw tension of two enormously powerful beings on a collision course, the contrast between cool silver-blue and fierce molten gold making every ounce of that conflict feel immediate. Greg Pak brings his run to a close with a fifth issue that promises the kind of high-stakes confrontation the cover so vividly telegraphs.