Hit-Monkey #1

Marvel's 2010 three-part limited series kicks off with a cover that immediately establishes the violent, stylish tone of Hit-Monkey. Dave Johnson's design centers on a snarling, red-faced monkey peering out from a bullet-riddled black diagonal band, flanked by a second primate wielding a handgun — while silhouetted figures of armed men fall bleeding around them. It's a bold, graphic composition that makes the series' premise unmistakably clear from the very first issue.