The Unwritten: Apocalypse #10

The penultimate chapter of The Unwritten: Apocalypse arrives with a cover by Yuko Shimizu that crackles with tension — a young man lunges forward through swirling, smoke-like wisps against a deep crimson sky, his torn clothing and fierce expression suggesting someone fighting through forces far beyond the ordinary. In the lower corner, a hand clutches a quill pen, a quiet but loaded image that speaks to the series' enduring theme of the power stories hold over reality. Mike Carey and Peter Gross bring their mature-readers Vertigo saga to its final stretch with this December 2014 issue, and the cover promises the kind of collision between narrative and chaos that has defined Apocalypse throughout.