The New 52: Futures End #1

DC's ambitious 2014 weekly series launches with this frenetic cover by Ryan Sook, depicting a red-masked, long-haired figure wielding a gun in the foreground while a dark armored figure armed with a glowing pink blade clashes in the center — all set against a backdrop of cosmic explosions and debris. A fiery, golden-glowing hero streaks upward from below, adding a third dimension to what reads as a full-scale battle across a fractured future. With Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens, and Keith Giffen sharing writing duties alongside artist Patrick Zircher, this opening issue promises a sprawling, high-stakes story with plenty of moving pieces from the very start.