The Astonishing Ant-Man #2

Mark Brooks delivers a visually striking cover for this 2016 Marvel series, staging a mid-air brawl between a miniaturized Ant-Man and a rocky-skinned, purple-haired opponent against a giant red heart adorned with roses and thorned stems — all crowned, literally, by a glittering golden crown floating above. The heart-and-roses backdrop gives the whole scene an unexpectedly romantic tension that contrasts sharply with the fists flying in the foreground. With Nick Spencer writing and Ramón Rosanas and Jordan Boyd handling interior art and colors, The Astonishing Ant-Man #2 keeps proving that Scott Lang's world is never short on surprises.