Ultimate End #5

The finale of Marvel's Secret Wars Battleworld tie-in arrives with a cover by Mark Bagley and Drew Hennessy that feels both triumphant and heavy with consequence — a group of heroes, including Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Captain America, Iron Man, and the Hulk, march forward from behind toward a blazing light filled with a vast assembled crowd and a towering shadowed figure. It's a striking image of resolution, the team moving as one toward something immense and unknowable. Brian Michael Bendis and Bagley bring their long-running Ultimate universe collaboration to a close here, and this 2016 issue carries the weight of that ending right on its cover.