The Uncanny X-Men #414

A solitary figure dominates this 2002 issue of Uncanny X-Men, rendered in cool, muted tones by cover artist Steve Uy — a pale-skinned young man in a jagged black-and-white costume strides forward with quiet, unsettling intensity against a stark, shadowy background. The striking visual design gives the character an otherworldly, almost eerie presence that feels perfectly at home in the world Chuck Austen is building with artist Sean Phillips. With a story titled "Fall Down Go Boom," issue #414 promises the kind of tense, unpredictable energy that keeps Uncanny X-Men endlessly compelling.