The Ultimates #9

Hawkeye takes center stage on this striking 2003 Marvel cover, rendered in deep blues and fiery oranges as he draws back his bow with fierce, locked-in intensity — arrows quivered at his hip and the bowstring pulled taut with kinetic energy. Bryan Hitch's cover pencils give the Ultimate universe's master archer a gritty, cinematic presence that feels genuinely electric. If you've been following Mark Millar and Hitch's ambitious reimagining of Marvel's super-team, this Hawkeye-focused chapter looks like one not to skip.