Thunderbolts #146

Part of Marvel's 2010 "Heroic Age" initiative, Thunderbolts #146 arrives with a cover by Marko Djurdjević that crackles with menace — a hulking, gas-masked figure with glowing red eyes looms over a skull-faced, gun-wielding combatant bathed in electric light, the two locked in a tense, shadowy confrontation. It's a striking visual that captures exactly the kind of volatile chemistry you'd expect from a team built from dangerous individuals walking a razor-thin line between redemption and chaos. With Jeff Parker writing and Kev Walker on art, this series was already earning praise — and covers like this make it easy to see why.