The New 52: Futures End # 1 2014 NM-

The New 52: Futures End # 1, published on May 7, 2014, is the official start of a year-long weekly series that examines a dark potential future for the DC Universe. Set five years after the "current" New 52 timeline, it depicts a world reeling from a devastating multiversal war and ill-prepared for an impending technological apocalypse. 

The issue follows four parallel narrative paths that establish the dire state of this future reality: 

• Batman Beyond (Terry McGinnis): Arriving from 35 years in the future, Terry travels back to prevent the sentient computer Brother Eye from ever being created. However, due to a temporal malfunction, he arrives five years into the future—missing his target date by seven years—where Brother Eye's rise is already in motion.
• Stormwatch: The cosmic team is suddenly pulled from the "Bleed" by an unknown force. Their ship is destroyed, and the hero Apollo is vaporized, signaling a massive new threat approaching Earth.
• Grifter (Cole Cash): Operating in North Carolina, Cole uses a unique new ability to sense and hunt hidden alien infiltrators (Daemonites) that others cannot see.
• Firestorm: The partnership between Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch has completely fractured. Due to Ronnie's refusal to respond to a distress call, they arrive too late to save Green Arrow (Oliver Queen), whose death is discovered at the end of the issue. 
• Lead Characters: Batman Beyond (Terry McGinnis), Grifter, Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond/Jason Rusch), and members of Stormwatch.
• Major Deaths: Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) and Apollo.
• Writing Team: Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Dan Jurgens, and Keith Giffen.
• Primary Artist: Patrick Zircher.
• Cover Artist: Ryan Sook.