52 #52

Week Fifty-Two of DC's ambitious real-time epic arrives with the cover's solemn, striking image: a stone obelisk draped in a red cape, a fedora resting at its top, a gold necklace and other personal effects laid at its base — a quiet monument surrounded by a gathered crowd of DC heroes looking on in reflection. The bold declaration "IT ENDS HERE!" makes clear this is the conclusion of a full year's journey told without Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman, as the cover's own tagline reminds us. Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid — with a cover by J. G. Jones — this 2007 finale brings together one of comics' most ambitious collaborative efforts for its last chapter.