Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse #1

The end times loom large in this first issue of Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse, BOOM! Studios' 2008 four-part series written by Michael Alan Nelson. Cover artist Jeffrey Spokes renders an unflinching close-up of Cthulhu himself — that vast, ruined visage filling nearly the entire frame, tentacles coiling beneath a single milky eye that stares out with ancient, indifferent menace. It's a striking, unsettling image that sets a fittingly grim tone for an apocalyptic finale.