Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde #2

Part of Marvel's 2015 Secret Wars: Battleworld event, this issue throws Star-Lord into a tense and playfully complicated situation — the cover by Yasmine Putri shows a confident, claws-bared Kitty Pryde looming over a visibly distressed Star-Lord, her speech bubble declaring she's not the Kitty Pryde he remembers and that she's better. His anguished plea — "You loved me once, why can't you love me again?" — sets up a dynamic that's equal parts romantic comedy and genuine threat. Putri's clean, expressive linework gives the scene an immediately engaging energy that makes this Battleworld tie-in hard to pass up.