Countdown #48

Superman stands atop a crumbling landscape of urban devastation, cape billowing dramatically, as he stares down into a chasm where a figure plunges lifelessly into a burst of energy below — the cover's bold proclamation of "Death of a New God" making the stakes unmistakably clear. A second figure crouches in the rubble nearby, surrounded by wrecked vehicles and shattered buildings that stretch into the hazy background. Andy Kubert's cover art sets a weighty, somber tone for this 2007 chapter of DC's ambitious weekly series, scripted by Paul Dini and Adam Beechen.