Ultimates #8

Thanos looms enormous over the battlefield in Kenneth Rocafort's striking cover for this Civil War II tie-in, his glowing red eyes and golden helmet casting a shadow over the heroes arrayed below him — Captain Marvel, Black Panther, America Chavez, and others standing amid a shattered, checkerboard-like ground. Al Ewing and Rocafort's Ultimates has consistently delivered cosmic-scale stakes, and issue #8 looks to be no exception, with the team caught squarely in the crossfire of Marvel's 2016 event. Dan Brown's painterly colors give the whole composition a tense, almost elegiac quality that suits the "Sacrifice Play" title perfectly.