The New 52: Futures End #17

Rain-soaked and quietly intimate, the cover of The New 52: Futures End #17 (October 2014) sets a striking emotional tone against a sprawling city skyline lit by distant fires — cover art by Ryan Sook. A blue-suited, masked figure bearing a Superman emblem stands on a rooftop ledge face-to-face with a young woman in a trench coat, the two of them sharing a tender, charged moment amid the downpour. With a four-writer team of Azzarello, Giffen, Jurgens, and Lemire alongside artist Patrick Zircher and colorist Hi-Fi driving the series, this issue promises the same rich blend of human drama and high-stakes future tension that makes Futures End one of 2014's most ambitious DC anthologies.