Storm #3

The penultimate chapter of Marvel's 1996 Storm limited series packs a remarkable amount of conflict into a single issue, with Callisto's revenge, Mikhail's madness, and Storm's very possession all promised on this striking Terry Dodson and Karl Story cover. That cover delivers on the tension immediately — a close-up of Storm, her signature white hair swirling dramatically, anchors the foreground, while Callisto lunges forward in her X-Men uniform above and the imposing Mikhail looms in the background against a deep red. Warren Ellis's story, "The Tinderbox of a Heart," clearly has Ororo at the center of a collision between formidable adversaries, and the cover's layered composition makes every threat feel immediate and personal.