Deadpool #52

The cover of Deadpool #52 — "Dead Part Three" — delivers the series' signature dark comedy in one perfectly deadpan image: a robed, scythe-wielding Grim Reaper cradles a tiny Deadpool in one arm while sipping a cocktail, letting out a weary "Sigh" as Wade cheerfully holds up a sign reading "Well… It's About Time!" The skull-covered background and the Death figure's exasperated body language say everything about what it's like to finally have the Merc with a Mouth in your grasp. Dave Johnson's cover art is sharp, funny, and genuinely hard to walk past on a shelf, making this April 2012 installment from the creative team of Daniel Way and Alé Garza one to seek out.