Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36

Mateus Santolouco's cover for issue #36 puts you right in the middle of the action — a red-masked Raphael looms over the viewer with twin sai raised and teeth bared, while a shadowy, horned figure lurks menacingly in the background. The dramatic low-angle perspective, with grasping clawed hands reaching up from the foreground, makes the tension feel immediate and personal. Concluding the "Monsters, Misfits, and Madmen" arc, this 2014 IDW entry from the creative team of Eastman, Waltz, Torres, and Pattison looks like a fittingly intense chapter.