The Ultimates #7

The striking cover by Bryan Hitch frames a woman — hair fanned out, gazing upward with cool intensity — suspended upside-down while a gloved hand grips her wrist and a weapon presses close, all bathed in a deep, cinematic red. It's a tense, stylish composition that captures the grounded, espionage-tinged atmosphere Millar and Hitch brought to Marvel's Ultimate line in 2002. If you've been following this team's bold reinvention of Earth's mightiest heroes, issue #7 looks like exactly the kind of charged moment you've been waiting for.