Final Crisis: Resist #1

Subtitled "Resist," this 2008 DC one-shot from writers Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann plunges readers into the darkest corners of the Final Crisis event. Ryan Sook's cover — rendered by Sook himself in both pencils and inks — is arresting: a masked figure strains in agony against crackling red-and-white lightning, an arrow lodged in his shoulder as he cries out against a blood-dark, electrically charged background. The raw desperation on that cover sets a tone that feels urgent and deeply personal, making this a compelling companion piece to one of DC's most ambitious crossover events.