Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1

Tied to DC's sweeping 2008 Final Crisis event, this opening chapter of the three-part miniseries reunites writer Geoff Johns and artist Scott Kolins for a story centered on the Flash's gallery of villains. The cover, rendered by Kolins in a striking limited palette of deep blue and icy white, presents Captain Cold in close-up — fur-lined parka, goggled mask, and cold gun all unmistakable — his expression radiating cold menace against the Final Crisis branding that frames the entire image. It's a focused, atmospheric piece of design work that sets an appropriately grim tone for a series promising payback on a grand scale.