Before Watchmen: Minutemen #6

The penultimate chapter of Darwyn Cooke's six-part Minutemen prequel arrives with one of its most striking covers: a silhouetted, masked figure looms in stark yellow and shadow over a fallen, gloved hand reaching upward — chains visible in the background, the mood heavy with consequence. Cooke's bold, graphic design sense turns the cover into something closer to noir poster art than a traditional superhero tableau, and it's a fitting visual note for a series that has consistently treated the Watchmen universe's past with genuine dramatic weight. "The Last Minute" promises a culminating reckoning for the Minutemen, and this 2013 DC mature-readers issue is a satisfying capstone to Cooke's visually assured run.