Squadron Supreme #2

Alex Ross's painted cover for Squadron Supreme #2 sets an immediate, unsettling tone — a man pinned helplessly beneath a massive red-hued figure, his wide-eyed expression caught in a close, almost suffocating angle that pulls you right into the struggle. The tagline "Protecting the Marvel Universe by Any Means Necessary" makes the power dynamic on display feel all the more charged. With James Robinson writing and Leonard Kirk on interior art, this 2016 series is clearly not shy about asking hard questions of its heroes.