Ultimate Enemy #4

The finale of Brian Michael Bendis's four-part Ultimate Enemy arc arrives with a cover that's hard to ignore — Ed McGuinness and Dexter Vines render a massive, rocky figure crackling with intense fiery orange light between every segment of his stone-like hide, mouth open in a roar against a pitch-black background. The sheer scale and raw energy radiating from the image set an appropriately dramatic tone for the conclusion of this 2010 Marvel miniseries. With interiors by Rafa Sandoval and Roger Bonet, this wraps up a story that clearly wasn't pulling its punches.