Books of Magic #23

Part of DC's Sandman Universe Black Label line, Books of Magic #23 brings writer David Barnett and artists Tom Fowler and Craig Taillefer to the finale of "Dwelling in Possibility." Kai Carpenter's atmospheric cover painting sets a contemplative mood: a bespectacled young Tim Hunter sits atop a stone perch amid ancient, crumbling ruins, an owl spreading its wings at his side, while robed figures loom in the misty background beneath a grand classical structure. It's a quietly arresting image — solitary, a little melancholy, and rich with the sense that something momentous is drawing to a close.