Ultimates 2 #3

The power dynamics of the Ultimates universe are on full display in this 2005 entry from Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch's acclaimed run. The cover — inked by Paul Neary over Hitch's pencils — frames a gripping courtroom confrontation: a massive, shackled Hulk hunches in the foreground, diminished and restrained, while Iron Man, the Wasp, Captain America, and Nick Fury loom above him on a raised platform. That visual contrast between the Hulk's raw physical enormity and his apparent helplessness before his teammates makes for a quietly unsettling image that sets the tone for "The Trial of the Hulk" perfectly.