Superman: Secret Identity #4

The final chapter of Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen's four-part miniseries arrives with a cover that speaks volumes in quiet restraint — Superman, red cape and all, walks arm in arm with a woman beside him, their backs to us, while a lone figure streaks through a starlit sky above. Immonen's spare, elegant composition gives the whole thing an intimately human warmth that sets this series apart from typical superhero fare. Titled "Tomorrow," this concluding issue promises the kind of reflective, emotionally grounded storytelling that has made Secret Identity one of 2004's most thoughtful Superman stories.