Thor: God of Thunder #17

The Accursed" wraps up in this 2014 issue of Thor: God of Thunder, and Esad Ribić's painted cover sets the tension perfectly — a serpentine, armor-clad creature lunges forward with a spear while a red-caped Thor is caught mid-impact against a rain-soaked urban backdrop, a lone bystander scrambling to safety in the distance. The moody, painterly atmosphere Ribić brings to this collision of mythic menace and gritty street-level chaos is genuinely arresting. With Jason Aaron at the helm and art from both Ron Garney and Emanuela Lupacchino inside, this concluding chapter of the arc looks like a satisfying payoff to the five-part saga.