Thunderbolts #45

Part of Marvel's 2000 "Maximum Security" crossover event, Thunderbolts #45 sets the stage for "Heroic Tendencies" with a cover by Mark Bagley and Greg Adams that demands attention. Against a backdrop of Earth seen from the lunar surface, a fiery female figure blazes at center stage — glowing with red-and-gold energy, fists clenched, and radiating unmistakable menace — while Hawkeye, a heavily armored figure, and a pink-caped woman crowd the right side in a tense standoff. The tagline "Mystery on the Moon!" promises that writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Patrick Zircher are taking the Thunderbolts somewhere decidedly out of this world.