Uncanny X-Men #16

Part two of "This Strange, Unpleasant Land" arrives in this 2012 Uncanny X-Men tie-in to the Avengers vs. X-Men event, with Daniel Acuña handling both interior and cover art duties. The cover centers on a robed, goateed figure who holds aloft a blazing Phoenix-like firebird in one outstretched hand while a chain dangles ominously from the other — an image that radiates menace and cosmic power in equal measure. Kieron Gillen and Acuña are clearly building toward something significant as the three-part arc reaches its midpoint.