The Uncanny X-Men #440

A moonlit moment of anguish and urgency anchors Salvador Larroca's cover for this 2004 installment of Chuck Austen's "She Lies with Angels" arc. A winged figure with striking red feathers cradles an unconscious woman over churning water, his face turned upward in what reads as either grief or desperate cry — raw emotion rendered with real elegance. Part four of five, this issue promises the kind of high-stakes, heartfelt drama that made Uncanny X-Men such compelling reading.