Thunderbolts #15

This 2013 entry in Marvel's Infinity crossover event finds the Thunderbolts in a striking moment of tension and turmoil, rendered in a bold red-and-black palette by cover artist Kris Anka. The cover assembles the team — Red Hulk, Elektra, Deadpool, Punisher, and Venom — in a tight, embattled cluster, with massive shadowy claws looming ominously over them, suggesting a threat far larger than anything they've faced alone. Writer Charles Soule and artist Jefte Palo bring this volatile squad of antiheroes to life, and this issue promises the kind of morally complicated action that makes Thunderbolts one of Marvel's most compelling team books of the era.