The Blue Beetle #36

The bold, unsettling question "THE END?" dominates this April 2009 cover, where a battered Blue Beetle — his suit cracked and damaged, his expression somber — stands against the looming black silhouette of an unknown threat. Rafael Albuquerque's cover art captures a hero pushed to his absolute limit, with the scarab armor visibly deteriorating across Jaime Reyes's body. Part two of "Only Change Endures" promises a dramatic conclusion from writer Matthew Sturges and artist Carlo Barberi that fans of this run won't want to miss.