Universe X #10

Universe X #10 delivers one of the more arresting covers of 2001, painted by Alex Ross — a towering, ashen colossus dominates the upper half of the image, chains dangling from one fist, while a composed figure in red robes stands at the center of a surrounding host of horned, red-clad warriors bearing occult insignia. The composition creates an immediate sense of scale and dread, with fiery yellows framing the scene against a deep cosmic backdrop. With writing from Ross and Jim Krueger and interior art by Dougie Braithwaite and Bill Reinhold, this penultimate chapter of the series promises the kind of ambitious, mythology-steeped storytelling that made Universe X such a compelling vision of Marvel's future.