Ultimate Comics X-Men #18.1

Two young mutants face each other in close, tense profile — one with striking blue hair and a nose ring, the other a auburn-haired figure whose calm expression carries its own weight — while three more mutants, including a white-haired girl and a spiky-blond young man, watch from the background with guarded unease. Sara Pichelli's cover art for this 2013 "Point One" entry in Brian Wood's Ultimate Comics X-Men run captures the interpersonal friction simmering within this mutant community with quiet intensity. Andrade and Beaulieu handle the interior, making this a strong jumping-on point for readers curious about the Ultimate Universe's younger, scrappier take on mutantkind.