The New 52: Futures End #37

The painted-style cover by Ryan Sook says it all: a trench-coated figure hunches forward, blood streaming down his body while a crimson-slicked blade rises ominously behind him — it's a striking, quietly harrowing image that sets a grim tone for this chapter of DC's sprawling New 52 weekly series. With a writing team of Azzarello, Lemire, Jurgens, and Giffen steering the story, Futures End #37 (March 2015) keeps the momentum of one of the most ambitious collaborative projects of the era. If you've been following this dystopian saga, this issue's cover alone makes clear that the stakes remain brutally high.