Ultimate X-Men #54

The Most Dangerous Game" kicks off in Ultimate X-Men #54, and Andy Kubert's cover sets an urgent, kinetic tone — a red-haired woman in a dark uniform reaches desperately toward the viewer while Colossus looms in the foreground and Wolverine grapples mid-fall behind them, with a gliding blue figure and a brown-haired woman rounding out the ensemble in dynamic freefall. The sense of a team caught off-guard and fighting to regain control comes through loud and clear before you've turned a single page. Brian K. Vaughan and Stuart Immonen were a sharp creative pairing, and this opening chapter looks like a strong entry point into what promises to be a high-stakes arc.