Ultimate X #1

A hooded teenager carrying a backpack and schoolbooks walks through a crowded high school parking lot, three adamantium claws extended from his fist — the only hint that this ordinary-looking kid is anything but. Arthur Adams and Aspen MLT's Mark Roslan deliver a cover that quietly crackles with tension, setting a grounded, almost melancholy tone for Jeph Loeb's "His Father's Son." It's a promising launch for this 2010 Marvel series, one that frames mutant life not through spectacle but through the quiet weight of simply showing up.