The Unworthy Thor #5

The finale of Jason Aaron's five-issue series arrives with Olivier Coipel's cover pulling no punches: a battered, cloakless Odinson goes face-to-face with a massive armored opponent, both combatants straining over what appears to be a crackling, lightning-charged hammer in the space between them, debris raining through a fiery sky behind them. The raw tension of two figures locked in a contest of pure will — one unworthy, one formidable — makes for a genuinely gripping image that feels like a culmination. With Aaron's full creative team bringing "The Whisper" to its conclusion, this is the kind of issue the whole miniseries has been building toward.