Sub-Mariner: The Depths #2

Peter Milligan's psychological take on Namor continues in this second chapter of the five-part The Depths, with Esad Ribić delivering a cover that is quietly unsettling in its beauty. Beneath the dark water, a blue-skinned figure — unmistakably the Sub-Mariner — grips a wide-eyed, gasping man from behind, bubbles spiraling upward as the terrified human reaches outward in desperation. Ribić's painterly craft turns the ocean into something suffocating and alien, setting a mood that feels less like superhero adventure and more like a deep-sea nightmare.