The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4

The finale of this 1994 X-Men limited series arrives with a cover by Gene Ha that puts three figures front and center in a burst of kinetic energy — a determined woman in a yellow suit delivering a fierce strike, a young man with a mechanical arm mid-cry, and a robed figure bracing against the action. Scott Lobdell's "Sacrifice" promises the kind of high-stakes payoff the title has been building toward, and Ha's dynamic linework sells every ounce of the tension. A satisfying capstone to an arc that sent Cyclops and Phoenix far beyond anything their familiar X-Men world had prepared them for.