Once upon a Time at the End of the World #15

Two hands clasped together — one armored and mechanical, the other bare and human — bound by the same heavy chain against a desolate post-apocalyptic skyline, make for one of the most quietly affecting cover images of 2024. There's real tenderness in that grip, even amid the rubble and ruined city stretching toward a warm, cloud-streaked sky, and cover artist Ariel Olivetti renders every detail — the worn metal joints, the chain looping between wrists — with striking care. Jason Aaron's concluding chapter of this BOOM! Studios series arrives here, and the cover alone suggests a story about connection forged in the hardest of circumstances.