The Twelve #0

Three golden-age figures crowd together on this striking preview issue — a masked, fedora-wearing gunman in purple dominates the foreground, pistol in hand and reading a copy of Daring Comics, flanked by a hulking metal-helmeted bruiser and a grinning figure in a yellow mask and red shirt. Cover art by Chris Weston sets a wonderfully pulpy, atmospheric tone that perfectly suits the promise of "a thrilling novel of tomorrow" from J. Michael Straczynski. This zero issue offers readers their first look at a series reaching back to Marvel's golden-age roots, with interior work drawn from the era of Basil Wolverton and Charles Nicholas, colored here by Tom Smith and Tom Ziuko for a 2008 audience.