Kingdom Come

Mark Waid and Alex Ross’s Kingdom Come (DC, 1997) is a landmark four-issue prestige series that redefined the DC Universe for a new era, presenting a dark, epic vision of a future where the old guard of superheroes is forced back into action against a reckless new generation. Ross’s photorealistic painted artwork and Waid’s layered, biblical narrative explore themes of legacy, responsibility, and the cost of power, making it a defining statement on the genre. Though initially a standalone story, its impact has been so enduring that DC has kept the series in print and referenced its world in subsequent stories, cementing it as a touchstone of 1990s comics.