Universe X #3

The painted grandeur of Alex Ross's cover for Universe X #3 sets a suitably epic tone for this 2000 Marvel series, presenting a dramatic composition of figures gathered around a massive, glowing white monolith-like structure. A stern, bald man in a dark suit observes from the upper left, while a long-haired, bearded figure in flowing red robes looms large in the foreground, and a partially visible red-armored figure with glowing eyes anchors the right side. With writing by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger and interior art by Dougie Braithwaite and Bill Reinhold, this series clearly has big, cosmic ambitions to match its striking visual presentation.