Death of the New Gods #8

The finale of Jim Starlin and Art Thibert's eight-issue series arrives with unmistakable weight — Superman surges forward against a cosmic red backdrop, fists clenched, crying out "No! It can't end like this!" as the faces of New Gods both heroic and menacing — including Orion, Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Metron, Darkseid, and a host of others — crowd the space around him. It's a cover that captures the scale of what's at stake when an entire pantheon hangs in the balance. Starlin's pencils and Matt Banning's inks give the image a grandeur befitting a story literally titled "The End.