Uncanny X-Force #27

A blood-red sky and a gnarled bare tree set an ominous mood on Jerome Opeña's striking cover for Uncanny X-Force #27, where a masked ninja figure crouches on the edge of a dark precipice, surrounded and outnumbered by a menacing crowd of villains — including a hulking, robed figure brandishing a blade who looms directly above. Rick Remender and Phil Noto's "Final Execution Chapter Three" promises high stakes as that lone figure faces what looks like impossible odds. It's a tense, atmospheric composition that captures the brutal elegance this series does so well.