Superman: Birthright #7

Mark Waid's reimagining of Superman's origins reaches its seventh chapter with a cover that puts the tension front and center. Superman stands with his back to us, cape billowing amid flames and chaos, while a grinning gunman looms behind him and a frightened woman cowers to the side — all beneath the pointed question "Friend or Foe?" The cover art by Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan crackles with unease, perfectly capturing the uncertain reception a strange new hero might face in a world still deciding what to make of him.