Ultimate Comics X-Men #21

Part three of "Reservation X" arrives with a cover by Michael Ryan that pulls no punches: an armored Iron Man–style figure in red and blue strides forward backed by a full squad of armed soldiers, while Storm, a young woman, and a clawed mutant — clearly outgunned and outmanned — stand their ground in the foreground. Brian Wood and the creative team have built a series that keeps mutantkind under pressure, and this 2013 chapter makes the stakes feel as immediate as ever.