The Monarchy #12

The concluding chapter of "The Idiot's Guide to the Death of the World" arrives with a visceral cover by John McCrea — a snarling, spiky-helmeted figure in a green-and-blue costume grapples hand-to-throat with a hulking, bestial opponent, both locked in a desperate struggle at the foreground. Behind them, an array of silhouetted figures emerge from a misty, otherworldly expanse, hinting at the full scope of the Monarchy's roster converging for this 2002 WildStorm finale. Doselle Young's script, brought to life by McCrea's pencils and inks alongside Garry Leach and Ian Hannin, promises a suitably charged close to this three-part arc.