Triple Helix #3

Among the rubble of a city in chaos, a massive armored figure in black and orange bears down on a white-costumed heroine who scrambles desperately across the debris-strewn ground — a third blonde figure visible at the edge of the frame adding to the sense that no one is safe. John Byrne's cover art for Triple Helix #3 crackles with raw physicality, the looming threat and the heroine's wide-eyed alarm saying everything about the story's title, "Betrayal," without needing a single word. This 2013 IDW series delivers the kind of kinetic superhero tension Byrne handles with practiced confidence.