Uncanny X-Force #16

Chapter Six of the Dark Angel Saga arrives in this 2011 Marvel entry, and Esad Ribić's cover wastes no time setting a ferocious tone — a black-and-white-clad figure brandishing a sword is locked in brutal close-quarters struggle with a massive, pale, horned brute, while a towering icy demonic visage looms behind them both. Rick Remender and Jerome Opeña are pushing X-Force into harrowing territory, and the sheer physicality of this cover — all crushing grip and raised blade — promises the team is in for one of their most punishing confrontations yet.