Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! #5

Penultimate issues rarely announce themselves with this much ferocity — a writhing mass of raptor heads, all open beaks and wild eyes, surges forward atop a winged lion-like creature set against a gray urban skyline, making Kako's cover an unsettling piece of 2009 DC art. This fifth chapter of the six-part Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! miniseries carries the darkly comic chapter title "Step Five: Come Up with an Ingenious Master Plan," which tells you the tone writer Matthew Sturges is going for. With Freddie Williams II handling both pencils and inks on the interior, the series has built a distinctive visual identity heading into its finale.