The Uncanny X-Men #328

The cover says it all — "It Had to Happen… Psylocke vs. Sabretooth, 'Nuff Said!" — and Joe Madureira and Tim Townsend deliver on that promise with a visceral face-off between the purple-haired, blue-suited Psylocke, her psychic energy crackling at her fist, and a snarling, claws-extended Sabretooth bearing down on her. It's a mid-1990s Marvel moment that crackles with raw tension, and Scott Lobdell's story, "Precipice," promises the kind of dramatic confrontation the cover is practically daring you to look away from. A striking issue for any Uncanny X-Men collection.