Thor #7

The cover of this 2015 Marvel issue says a great deal with striking economy: a broad-shouldered, shadowed figure dominates the foreground while the new Thor — helmeted, luminous, and fierce — radiates light from behind, her winged headgear gleaming against a fiery orange backdrop. It's a quietly tense composition from Russell Dauterman, whose linework gives the armored Goddess of Thunder a presence that commands the whole image. Jason Aaron's story, "The Battle for the Hammer," promises exactly the kind of high-stakes Asgardian drama this cover so effectively teases.