Ultimate X-Men #94

Part of the 2008 "March on Ultimatum" event, this issue opens the four-part "Absolute Power" arc with a cover that commands immediate attention. Gabriele Dell'Otto's painterly artwork places a massive, steel-skinned Colossus front and center — his imposing armored form filling the frame as he examines a blood-red vial held in his metallic grip, the X-Men insignia visible on his belt. It's a brooding, atmospheric image that sets a distinctly uneasy tone, with Aron E. Coleite and Mark Brooks ready to deliver whatever unsettling chapter comes next.