Avengers: Time Runs Out #2

Two massive factions of Avengers clash head-on across this striking cover by penciler Alan Davis and inker Mark Farmer, with Captain America's shield, a raging Hulk, Doctor Strange, and a cascade of other heroes caught in a blinding surge of energy at the center of the collision. The "Time Runs Out" subtitle sets a real sense of urgency, and with Jonathan Hickman writing alongside artists Kevin Walker and Stefano Caselli (among others), this 2015 Marvel NOW! collection earns IGN's quoted praise about the series' "revitalized sense of momentum and excitement." Volume Two of this sprawling saga looks like exactly the kind of high-stakes Avengers storytelling that rewards readers who've been following every thread.