Ultimate X-Men #82

Robert Kirkman kicks off "The Underneath" with a cover that puts Nightcrawler front and center — blue-skinned, glowing-eyed, and scrambling through a maze of industrial machinery in a tattered orange shirt, his prehensile tail curling behind him as rats scatter below. The dynamic composition by cover penciler Yanick Paquette and inker Serge LaPointe captures a feral urgency that makes it clear this arc is heading somewhere unsettling. With Pascal Alixe on interior art and José Villarrubia's warm, fiery colors throughout, this 2007 Marvel series entry is a compelling starting point for a new chapter.