The New 52: Futures End #24

A crackling, crimson-skied cosmos sets the stage for this chapter of DC's sprawling 2014 weekly series, with Black Adam roaring at the forefront as lightning tears through the atmosphere around him. Flanking him are Hawkman, a sword-wielding female warrior, and a blue-suited hero, while a massive, glowing-eyed alien face looms ominously in the foreground — Ryan Sook's cover composition giving the whole thing a genuinely epic sense of scale. With Azzarello, Lemire, Jurgens, and Giffen all collaborating on the story, and Jesús Merino handling interior art, this issue keeps the ambitious ambitions of Futures End firing on all cylinders.