Talon #6

Talon #6 from DC's New 52 line puts its armored protagonist front and center as he rises — battered but unbowed — from churning water, his scaled gold-and-brown suit gleaming, while a massive explosion erupts from a structure behind him. The tagline "A Death-Defying Escape!" says it all about the bone-chilling tension the cover promises, and Guillem March's art captures every droplet and fireball with visceral energy. Written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, this 2013 chapter — "Grandmaster" — looks like one of the series' most pulse-quickening entries yet.