The Pulse #7

Part two of "Secret War" arrives in this 2005 Marvel series, with a Mike Mayhew cover that carries the moody weight of a political thriller. Dominating the composition is a sharp-jawed man in dark sunglasses bathed in red light, flanked by two older figures whose expressions radiate suspicion and unease, while a lone silhouetted figure stands small against a gleaming skyscraper below. Brian Michael Bendis and Brent Anderson are behind the story, and that swirling black-and-white backdrop gives the whole image a sense of secrets spinning just out of reach.