Justice League Dark Annual #1

The New 52's supernatural super-team gets an oversized annual here, and Ryan Sook's cover sets the stakes immediately: a menacing, grinning Nick Necro looms large at the center, magically animated books swirling around him, while the members of the Justice League Dark — including a dark-haired woman in his grip and several teammates strewn beneath him — appear dangerously outmatched. The tagline says it all: "The Books of Magic… in the hands of Nick Necro!" signals that this is the conclusion to a major magical conflict, written by Jeff Lemire with interior art by Mikel Janín. At $4.99, this 2012 annual delivers an ambitious, feature-length chapter in one of DC's most intriguing New 52 titles.