Ultimate Comics X-Men #1

Marvel's Ultimate Comics line gets a bold new chapter with this 2011 relaunch, written by Nick Spencer with interior art by Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco, and Marte Gracia. Kaare Andrews's cover assembles a striking quartet of mutants — a crouching, claws-extended Wolverine dominates the foreground in gold-and-black gear, while a woman in an X-Men uniform, a flame-engulfed figure, and an icy, silver-skinned mutant loom powerfully behind him. It's a confident opening statement for a fresh take on the Ultimate X-Men, promising a team story with plenty of raw tension to come.