The Outsiders #23

The cover of Outsiders #23 (December 2009) poses a thrilling question in bold text — "Who Will Win? The Cold Steel or the Coldblooded?!" — as a sword-wielding warrior woman drives her blade into a massive reptilian creature while a green-haired, red-caped figure grapples with the beast from below. Tom Mandrake's cover art crackles with kinetic energy, perfectly capturing the chaos of "The Hunt, Part 3" as these three combatants collide in a churning, watery fray. Peter J. Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin's creative partnership was clearly in high gear during this run.