The Uncanny X-Men #466

Part of Marvel's 2006 "Decimation" storyline, this issue of Uncanny X-Men features a striking Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend cover showing a young red-haired woman in a black-and-gold outfit standing alone before a wall of smoldering, fractured rock bathed in fiery orange light — her downcast expression radiating quiet resolve in the face of something ominous. Chris Claremont's story, titled "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," promises the kind of emotionally charged, character-driven tension Claremont does so well. A compelling chapter in the post-House of M era for mutantkind.