Daredevil #612

Phil Noto's cover for this finale says everything without saying a word — a battered Daredevil hunched against pure black, his billy clubs dangling loosely at his sides as he clutches his own chest, grimacing beneath the stark banner reading "The Death of Daredevil." Issue #612 closes out Charles Soule's run on the Man Without Fear, and the weight of that ending is palpable in every shadow Noto pulls across Matt Murdock's red suit. It's a quietly devastating image that earns its place as the last chapter of a long, hard road.