Supergirl #24

From the New 52 era of DC Comics, Supergirl #24 arrives in December 2013 with a striking cover by Mahmud Asrar that sets a tense, dramatic mood: a armored figure bearing the Superman "S" symbol squares off fists-raised against a green-skinned, tentacled alien threat, all framed against the looming silhouette of Supergirl herself in deep red and orange. The story title "Death Becomes Her" promises high stakes, while the creative team of writer Michael Alan Nelson, artist Diógenes Neves, and inker Marc Deering delivers the action-packed storytelling this series does so well.